The University of Chicago was first founded in 1857, but closed 1886 through financial troubles. In 1890 it was entirely reorganized, largely through the gifts of John D Rockefeller. Research Chicago University
John Davison Rockefeller was an American capitalist. He was born in 1839 and died in 1937. He began a business as a commission agent at the age of 19 and in 1862 became connected with the oil business, building the Standard Oil Refinery at Cleveland, Ohio in 1865, this saw the start of the Standard oil Company of which he was president and through which he made a fortune. He gave more than $500 million in support of medical research and Baptist churches. Research John Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller was an American politician. He was born in 1912 at New York city and died in 1973. He was a Republican governor of Arkansas from 1967 until 1971, securing the State's first minimum-wage law, introduced prison reforms and made significant progress towards desegregation of the state schools. Research Winthrop Rockefeller
Gamma globulin is a mixture of proteins in plasma, the fluid portion of blood. It contains antibodies produced in the liver, spleen, bonemarrow, and lymphatic glands to protect the body from invading viruses or bacteria. Each disease antigen stimulates production of a specific antibody, which circulates in the blood for a period of time. Since the gamma globulin contains these antibodies, it is sometimes taken from patients who have recovered from chickenpox, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases and given to confer a rapid but short- term immunity on persons recently exposed to those diseases.
Persons who suffer from an unusual deficiency of gamma globulin known as agammaglobulinemia are deficient in antibodies and may require periodic infusions of gamma globulin to maintain protection. In 1969 scientists in England and at Rockefeller University determined the chemical structure of gamma globulin, an important advance in the knowledge of immunity. Research Gamma Globulin
The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a group of six buildings, and an outdoor band shell, designed for musical and theatrical performances and to provide related educational facilities, located on the west side of Manhattan, in New York City. The design of the complex was the work of several eminent contemporary American architects. In the 1950s the Metropolitan Opera Company and the New York Philharmonic found that they needed new quarters; to meet their needs the Lincoln Center corporation was organised, under the direction of the American businessman and philanthropist John Davison Rockefeller III. Construction began in 1959, financed largely by private funds, with contributions from the city, state, and federal governments.
The first building completed (in 1962) was Philharmonic Hall, now renamed the Avery Fisher Hall. The hall was designed by Max Abramovitz; the lobby space contains two monumental wire and metal sculptures by the American sculptor Richard Lippold. After a series of renovations to rectify acoustical problems, a new interior was designed by Philip Johnson in 1976. The next building completed, also to Johnson's designs, was the New York State Theatre (in 1964), directly across an imposing fountaincourt from the Avery Fisher Hall. The State Theatre is the home of the New York City Ballet and the New York City Opera companies. Flanked by the other two buildings is the enormous Metropolitan Opera House (built in 1966), designed by Wallace K Harrison and decorated with murals by the French painter Marc Chagall. Just south of it is Damrosch Park, with its band shell for outdoor concerts. The Vivian Beaumont Theatre (built in 1965), the work of the architect Eero Saarinen, is the home of the Lincoln Center Theatre. Adjacent to it is the Library and Museum of the Performing Arts (built in 1965), designed by the firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill. Part of the New York Public Library system, it provides reference services; circulating and research collections of books, publications, and recordings; facilities for listening to recordings; and free recitals and films. The Lincoln Center was completed in 1969 with the opening of a building housing the Alice Tully Hall, for chamber music recitals and film showings, and the Juilliard School. Research Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
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