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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, commonly known as the Mellon Foundation, is a New York City-based private foundation with wealth accumulated by Andrew Mellon of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [2] It is the product of the 1969 merger of the Avalon Foundation and the Old Dominion Foundation.
The Retired Police Association (RPA) of the state of New York, is an organization representing retired NY Police Officers. The RPA has now been in existence for over 65 years, with over 4700 members from over 150 police departments from across the state of New York.
Following the 1913 murder of Sam Howell, a construction foreman in Westchester County, and failure of the local police to arrest suspects he had named before his death, the New York State Legislature passed a bill to establish a state police force. The New York State Police was officially established on April 11, 1917.
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The original idea for the foundation came from Eliot Lumbard in the early 1970s, who presented the idea to the police commissioner and received his support. [2] It was established by the Association for a Better New York, a consortium of business interests headed by real-estate magnate Lewis Rudin, in 1971 during the Knapp Commission.
Marvin Dunn, one of Florida’s most esteemed historians, will broaden the scope of his “Teach the Truth” tours thanks to a $1.5 million grant courtesy of the Mellon Foundation. The funding ...
William Gordon Bowen (/ ˈ b oʊ ə n / BOH-ən; October 6, 1933 – October 20, 2016) [1] was an American academic who served as the president emeritus of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, serving as its president from 1988 to 2006. [2] From 1972 until 1988, he was the president of Princeton University. Bowen founded the digital library, JSTOR.
He graduated from Newtown High School and worked in insurance before going into law enforcement as a member of the New York State Police. After two years as a state trooper, Murphy returned to New York City as a court attendant. [1] In 1941 he married Kathleen T. Flynn of Kings Park, New York. They had four children and resided in Elmhurst ...