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  2. Eugene Meyer (financier) - Wikipedia

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    Meyer published The Washington Post from 1933 to 1946, and the paper stayed in his family throughout the rest of the 20th century. He was the first president of the World Bank Group from June to December 1946. His daughter, Katharine "Kay" Graham, took the Post over in 1963 and remained its titular head until her death in 2001.

  3. Phil Graham - Wikipedia

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    In 1946, when Washington Post publisher Eugene Meyer was named the first president of the World Bank, he passed the position of publisher to Graham.When Meyer left the World Bank later that year, he took the title of chairman of the board of the Washington Post Company, leaving Graham as publisher.

  4. Reconstruction Finance Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Eugene Meyer, who had pushed for both pieces of legislation, after heading up an organization similar to the RFC during World War I, was a governor of the Federal Reserve, and chairman of the Board of the RFC. Essentially, the RFC was the "discount lending" arm of the Federal Reserve.

  5. How The World Bank Broke Its Promise to Protect the Poor

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    The World Bank has regularly failed to live up to its own policies for protecting people harmed by projects it finances. The World Bank and its private-sector lending arm, the International Finance Corp., have financed governments and companies accused of human rights violations such as rape, murder and torture.

  6. The Washington Post - Wikipedia

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    In 1929, financier Eugene Meyer, who had run the War Finance Corp. since World War I, [47] secretly made an offer of $5 million for the Post, but he was rebuffed by Ned McLean. [48] [49] On June 1, 1933, Meyer bought the paper at a bankruptcy auction for $825,000 three weeks after stepping down as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. He had bid ...

  7. John J. McCloy - Wikipedia

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    From March 1947 to June 1949, McCloy served as the second president of the World Bank. At the time of his appointment, the World Bank was a new entity, having only been manned by one previous president, Eugene Meyer, who resigned six months into his tenure over disputes with the bank's executive directors.

  8. The Try Guys Reveal Why Eugene Lee Yang Left the Group ... - AOL

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    Try Guys members Keith Habersberger and Zac Kornfeld revealed that Eugene Lee Yang planned to leave the group before the 2022 scandal with Ned Fulmer

  9. Urban Meyer says vacating Michigan wins for sign-stealing ...

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    As the Ohio State vs. Michigan game approaches, former Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer admitted he doesn't know what the punishment should be for the Wolverines' sign-stealing scandal.