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The Medallic Art Company made custom 2D and 3D medals [6] and "has produced some of the world's most distinguished awards such as the Pulitzer Prize, the Peabody Award, the Newbery and Caldecott medals, and the Inaugural medals for eleven U.S. Presidents." [7] [4] In July 2009, Medallic Art Company was purchased by Northwest Territorial Mint. [8]
Born in the Bronx on December 17, 1916, Cantor attended DeWitt Clinton High School. [2] [3] He and his first wife, Leona (deceased) had one son, Jay, who chose not to follow his father into the financial world. Cantor studied law and finance at New York University between 1935 and 1937 and soon afterwards became a securities analyst on Wall Street.
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., 1969, former publisher, The New York Times [47] Anthony Shorris, 1974, first deputy mayor of New York City [48] Sam Sifton, 1984, food critic [49] Robert F. X. Sillerman, 1966, media entrepreneur [50] Vivek Tiwary, 1991, writer and theater producer [51] Luis Ubiñas, 1981, former president of the Ford Foundation [52]
During this time, she was also named director of the Medallic Art Company of New York City and served on the American Numismatic Association board of governors from 1971 to 1975. [9] Adams died in Reno on August 23, 1991, at the age of 82. She served the US mint for eight years, and is said by the funeral home to have died of natural causes. [4]
The latter was a popular product at the bookstore at the University of Washington, where Murray McCrory (née Pletz) had been a student and met his future wife, and was originally known as the University Bookstore Rucksack. [3] Before long, it was being sold on college campuses across the U.S.
In 1905, efforts began to reorganize the United States Leather Company as a subsidiary of the Central Leather Company. The merger was held up by several New Jersey court injunctions. On September 24, 1909, the shareholders of the companies voted in favor of the merger, meeting the court's objections and completing the merger. [6] [7]
Illustrated History of the United States Mint with a Complete Description of American Coinage. George G. Evans. p. 116. charles e. barber biography. Stauffer, David McNeely (1907). Biographical sketches, illustrated. Index to engravings described with check-list numbers and names of engravers and artists. Grolier club of the city of New York.
Douglas Leigh (May 24, 1907 – December 14, 1999) was an American advertising executive and lighting designer, and a pioneer in signage and outdoor advertising. [1] [2] He is famous for making New York City's Times Square the site of some of the world's most famous neon signs, [3] or electric billboards.