Word: kodak
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Eastman Kodak Co. bought control of the interests in several color-photography processes developed over a period of 15 years by: Leopold Mannes, son of Violinist David Mannes, nephew of Conductor Walter Damrosch; and Leo Godowsky, son of Pianist Leopold Godowsky, brother-in-law of Composer George Gershwin. Inventor Mannes, Harvard-man, is a composer, teaches piano. Inventor Godowsky is a concert violinist, attended the University of California...
George Eastman, Kodak maker, has given more than $75,000,000 to philanthropies. Preceding each of his gifts went a long period of secret investigation and discussion. His announcements have always struck the staff of his Eastman Kodak Co. "as unexpectedly as lightning." Last week Eastman lightning struck again, this time in Sweden. Mr. Eastman gave Stockholm $1,000,000 to build a model dental dispensary and clinic...
...deputy in the Italian Parliament, interested the Rochester man in the needs of Romans. Two years ago two sons of Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, Prince Gustaf Adolf and Prince Sigvard, visited Mr. Eastman in Rochester. A few months later Mr. Eastman instructed Nils Bouveng, Eastman Kodak Co. representative in Europe and a native of Stockholm, to escort Dr. Burkhart on an inspection of dental facilities in Sweden, Norway, Denmark...
Glue Retrenchment. Better to concentrate on the glue business, American Glue Co. last week announced plans to sell its gelatin plants and business to a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak Co. for $2,300,000. Previously, Eastman was one of American Glue's biggest gelatin customers. This follows closely on American Glue's sale of its abrasive business to Minneapolis Mining & Manufacturing Co. and Carborundum...
Almost as famed as Rochester, N. Y., hometown of George ("Kodak") Eastman is Rochester, Minn. (named for Rochester, N. Y.), seat of the Mayo Clinic. Last week Rochester's first citizen, Dr. William James Mayo, chugged into Memphis, Tenn., on his gasoline cruiser North Star on his way north from a Florida fishing trip. A newsgatherer got him talking about something he and his younger brother, Dr. Charles Horace Mayo, seldom discuss: money. Dr. Mayo assured his interviewer of a fact which Rochester, Minn., has long known. The Mayo money?and there are several millions of it?will...