Simon Guggenheim

Weitere Ereignisse:

• Occupation/Beruf: Denver, Colorado, United States (USA); Unternehmer
• Occupation/Beruf: von 1907 bis 1913; Senator für Colorado (Republikaner)
• Occupation/Beruf: um 1910; Chairman des Committee to Establish a University of the United States
• Occupation/Beruf: von 1919 bis 1941; Präsident der American Smelting and Refining Company
• Residence: 1910, Denver, Colorado, United States (USA)
• Residence: 1920, New York City, New York, United States (USA)
• Residence: 1930, New York City, New York, United States (USA)
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• Lebenslauf: Simon Guggenheim wurde am 30 Dezember 1867 als Sohn von Meyer Guggenheim und jüngerer Bruder von Daniel Guggenheim und Solomon R. Guggenheim in Philadelphia geboren. Er wohnte zeitweise in Denver und vertrat zwischen 1907 und 1913 Colorado im Senat der Vereinigten Staaten für die Republikanische Partei. Während dieser Zeit war er Mitglied des Committee to Establish a University of the United States. Von 1919 bis 1941 war Simon Guggenheim der Präsident der American Smelting and Refining Company. Simon Guggenheims Ehefrau war Olga Hirsh. Ihr Sohn John Simon Guggenheim starb im Jahr 1922 kurz nach seiner Geburt. Zusammen mit seiner Ehefrau gründete Simon Guggenheim in Folge die John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, welche im Gedenken an seinen Sohn Guggenheim-Stipendien an amerikanische Künstler vergibt. Daneben spendeten sie Geld an verschiedene Bildungs-Institutionen. Simon Guggenheim starb am 2. November 1941.
• Biography: Simon Guggenheim was born in Philadelphia on December 30, 1867, the son of Meyer and Barbara Guggenheim. He was an American businessman and philanthropist and younger brother of Daniel Guggenheim and Solomon R. Guggenheim. Simon Guggenheim attended Central High School and Peirce College before settling in Pueblo, Colorado, where he worked as the chief ore buyer for his father's mining and smelting operation, M. Guggenheim’s Sons. Guggenheim moved to Denver in 1892 and married Olga Hirsch on November 24, 1898, at the iconic Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. To celebrate their marriage, the Guggenheims provided a Thanksgiving dinner to 5,000 poor Manhattan children. Simon and Olga made their residence in Denver and celebrated the birth of their first child, John Guggenheim, in 1905. To commemorate the event, Guggenheim made an $80,000 donation to the Colorado School of Mines to build a namesake building, Guggenheim Hall. At the time, it was the largest private grant ever made to a State institution. In 1907, Olga gave birth to their second son, George Guggenheim. In 1909, he donated a Law Building at University of Colorado. In 1907, Guggenheim was elected as a Republican senator for Colorado from 1907 to 1913. During his time as a senator, he served as a chairman of the Committee to Establish a University of the United States, and Committee on the Philippines. While in Congress, one of his older brothers, Benjamin Guggenheim, died in the RMS Titanic catastrophe. After his term expired, Guggenheim moved to New York. He joined the board of American Smelting and Refining Company, later becoming the chairman of the board. From 1919 to 1941 he was president of that company. In 1922, Guggenheim's son John died of mastoiditis just before leaving for college. In his memory, Guggenheim and his wife established the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1925. Seeded with $3 million, the foundation offered 50 fellowships in its first year for international study. Since then, the Foundation has granted over 15,000 Guggenheim Fellowships, worth almost a quarter billion dollars. In 1939, the Guggenheims' second son, George, committed suicide in a Manhattan hotel at the age of 32. Simon Guggenheim died in 1941 and was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York.

Notizen:

Quellen:
http://www.geni.com/people/Simon-Guggenheim/6000000010601484832?through=6000000010601746326 (10.9.2015)

Simon heiratete Olga Hirsch 1899. Olga wurde geboren 1878, Deutschland; gestorben 1970, New York City, New York, United States (USA). [Familienblatt]

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• _UID: 9828EADC348C4A86BD392D2CF5F42FE05D2D

Notizen:

Quellen:
http://www.geni.com/people/John-Guggenheim/6000000010601463088?through=6000000010601892615 (1.10.2015);
http://www.neilpiwovar.com/genealogy/tngfiles912/getperson.php?personID=I21625&tree=tree1 (1.10.2015);
US Federal Census 1910, 1920;




Gestorben:
Mastoiditis

Notizen:

Quellen:
http://www.geni.com/people/George-Guggenheim/6000000010601634572?through=6000000010601463088 (1.10.2015);
http://www.neilpiwovar.com/genealogy/tngfiles912/getperson.php?personID=I21626&tree=tree1 (1.10.2015);
US Federal Census 1910, 1920, 1930;

Gestorben:
Freitod