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Alfred Robert Bader CBE (April 28, 1924 – December 23, 2018) was a Canadian chemist, businessman, philanthropist, and collector of fine art. He was considered by the Chemical & Engineering News poll of 1998 to be one of the "Top 75 Distinguished Contributors to the Chemical Enterprise" during C&EN's 75-year history.
In 1992 Alfred Bader, an alumnus of Queen's University at Kingston, learned of the castle's vacancy and offered to purchase the castle for his wife; she declined, joking that there would be "too many rooms to clean". [17] But in 1994, after intensive renovations, the Queen's International Study Centre was opened.
Additional charitable funding by Alfred Bader and his second wife Isabel, initially in the amount of $10 million, resulted in the formation of Bader Philanthropies Inc. [10] The organization continued Helen's legacy under what became the Helen Daniels Bader Fund, while adding the new Isabel and Alfred Bader Fund to support charitable work in ...
Isabel Bader and her late husband Alfred directed hundreds of millions of dollars in gifts to various causes. Milwaukee philanthropist Isabel Bader, 95, yearned to 'do things better, do things faster'
Helen Ann Daniels Bader (20 May 1927 – 21 November 1989) was an American social worker and philanthropist. She was born and raised on the Great Plains in the railroad town of Aberdeen, South Dakota. She became half-owner of the Aldrich Chemical Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, founded together with her husband Alfred Bader. She completed a ...
Alfred David Benjamin (1848–1900), businessman and philanthropist [208] Lillian Bilsky Freiman OBE (1885–1940), philanthropist and civil leader [ 46 ] Ruth Goldbloom OC (1923–2012), co-founder of Pier 21 [ citation needed ]
Ann Wood Henry (January 21, 1734 – March 8, 1799) served as treasurer of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and became the first woman in Pennsylvania's history to hold public office. She was the wife of William Henry, a gunsmith, inventor, delegate to the Continental Congress, and patriot in the American Revolution. [1] [2] [3]
Anne of Cleves (c. 22 September 1515 – 16 July 1557) was a German princess, [25] Henry's fourth wife and queen consort of England, although not crowned, for just six months in 1540, from 6 January to 9 July. Henry may have referred to her as "A Flanders mare", and the label has stuck. [26]