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Arthur Vining Davis was born in Sharon, Massachusetts, the son of Perley B. Davis, a Congregational minister, and Mary Frances. After attending school in Hyde Park, Massachusetts, and the Roxbury Latin School in Boston, Davis entered Amherst College, graduating in 1888 three years after his friend Calvin Coolidge.
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [6] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
Arthur Vining Davis 1888, president and chairman of Aluminum Company of America ; founder of Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; Daniel F. Duquette 1980, baseball executive; general manager of two major league baseball teams; Henry Clay Folger 1879, Standard Oil president, Folger Shakespeare Library founder; William E. Ford 1983, CEO of General ...
Jonathan Trumbull Howe (born August 24, 1935) is a retired four-star United States Navy admiral, and was the Special Representative for Somalia to United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali from March 9, 1993, succeeding Ismat Kittani from Iraq, until his resignation in February 1994. [1]
Arthur Vining Davis; Bernard Davis (philanthropist) Corey Shoblom Davis; Marguerite Sawyer Davis; Marvin Davis; Shelby M. C. Davis; Frederic de Peyster; John Watts de Peyster; Suzanne Deal Booth; Robert H. Dedman Jr. Michael Dell; Harry S. Dent Sr.
In the 1950s, industrialist and philanthropist Arthur Vining Davis took control of the approximately 15,000 acres (6,100 ha) which Weston is now located on; Davis was Arvida's first owner. [6]
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Arthur Powell Davis (1861–1933), American hydrographer and engineer; Arthur Vining Davis (1867–1962), American businessman and philanthropist; Arthur Joseph Davis (1878–1951), British architect; Arthur C. Davis (1893–1965), United States Navy admiral; Arthur P. Davis (1904–1996), African-American university teacher, literary scholar ...