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J.A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation Kathryn McCurry Albertson (August 27, 1908 – April 30, 2002) was the wife of the founder of the Albertsons chain of grocery stores and a notable philanthropist .
Albertson donated over $72 million to the College of Idaho. For their gratitude, the college changed its name to the Albertson College of Idaho from 1991 to 2007. [9] [10] The 41-acre (17 ha) Kathryn Albertson Park in Boise, with its winding walkways, wildflowers, trees and ponds was gifted to the citizens of Idaho. [11] [12] [13] [14]
Michael J. Carter started what was then called Strive for College in 2007 while a student at Washington University in St. Louis, mentoring students at nearby Eskridge High School. [1] Strive for College expanded following a seed grant in 2009 [ 2 ] and grew to become a nationwide organization.
Jim Northrup (1939–2011), outfielder for the Detroit Tigers 1964–1974, including a major role on its World Championship 1968 team, was born in nearby Breckenridge, Michigan, then moved to St. Louis, where he graduated from high school.
The St. Louis Car Company occupied its 52-acre (210,000 m 2) site in 1898 after moving from 3300 North Broadway and in 1899 Paulus Gast opened his brewery on Hornsby Avenue. He had previously operated a wine company and a vineyard.
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The company failed four months later and the shop foreman, Frans Oscar Albertson, formed Albertson & Co. and took over the plant. During World War I they supplied 6,000 piston rings and repair tools for munition plants for Canada. [2] Albertson never owned the building and moved his operations to another Sioux City building in 1920.
The history of St. Louis, Missouri, from 1905 to 1980 saw declines in population and economic basis, particularly after World War II.Although St. Louis made civic improvements in the 1920s and enacted pollution controls in the 1930s, suburban growth accelerated and the city population fell dramatically from the 1950s to the 1980s.