Born in 1875, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. was elected president of General Motors in 1923. He remained in that position for 23 years. During that time he developed a love for philanthropy and established the…
Blank for GM Cancer Research. There is an outline in pencil of a profile portrait. The blank is round with a pointed protrusion at the top. The yellowish discoloring is from shellac used to seal the plaster.
In 1978, the retired chairperson of General Motors Corporation, Roger Smith, conceived the idea for the GM Cancer Research Prize. This annual award recognizes, on an international basis, scientists who…
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Founders of Cranbrook Educational Community, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Booth was publisher of the Detroit News and very interested in the Arts and Crafts movement in the early 1920s. It was at that time he set out to create an art…
This cast iron medallion features double profile portraits of George and Ellen Booth, founders of Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Fredericks taught ceramics and sculpture there from 1932 to 1943. Cast in iron, it …