DALTON, HENRY GEORGE (3 Oct. 1862-27 Dec. 1939) was an industrialist, business and civic leader and philanthropist.
Dalton was born in Cleveland to Frederick and Ellen (Gordon). He attended Cleveland public schools until age 14 when he went to work on WHISKEY ISLAND for the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad.
The DAUBY CHARITY FUND was founded in 1944 in Cleveland by NATHAN L. DAUBY, to support general charitable causes, primarily in Cuyahoga County. Upon Dauby's death, grants from his estate went to Western Reserve Univ. (see CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIV.), the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Ctr., and the Natl.
DAUBY, NATHAN L. (31 May 1873-17 May 1964), who built the MAY CO. into the city's largest department store, was born in Cleveland to David and Lena Loeb Dauby. He started work at 15 as a clerk in shoe store, and became its manager 2 years later. In 1892, Dauby and Emil Strauss opened Dauby & Strauss, the city's first one-price shoe store.
DAY, WILLIAM HOWARD (16 Oct. 1825-3 Dec. 1900) was an abolitionist, editor, publisher, printer, teacher, lecturer, civic leader and clergyman who devoted his life to improving the conditions of his fellow AFRICAN AMERICANS.
DE LANCEY, WILLIAM J. (2 June 1916 - 2 April 1999) led the Republic Steel Corp. during the 1970s and early 1980s, helped organize the Cleveland Development Foundation and was a director or trustee of numerous organizations and agencies in Cleveland. He was born in Chicago, IL to Louise (Hart) and John Richmond De Lancey.
DELANEY, RALPH DAVID (22 April 1933-27 April 1990) was a social activist who dedicated his life to serving the poor and the homeless. Born in Cleveland to Ralph and Ann (Yaniko) Delaney, Ralph attended Cathedral Latin High School, leaving in 1949 to join the Marianist Order in Cincinnati where he became a teaching brother.
DEMMY, OLEAN WELLS (8 Jan. 1913-23 June 1993) capped a long career in community service with the revival of the old Hruby Conservatory as the Broadway School of Music. A native of frontier Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Joseph and Hadie Savage Wells. She earned a teaching certificate from South Eastern College of Oklahoma, adding a master's degree later from Oklahoma A&M.
The DISPLACED HOMEMAKER PROGRAM, established in 1978 with a $200,000 grant from the State of Ohio, helps women aged 27 or older who have lost the financial support of their spouses through divorce, separation, disability, or death. It organized as part of the national Alliance of Displaced Homemakers (founded in 1975 in California), later the National Displaced Homemakers Network.
DIVELY, GEORGE SAMUEL (17 Dec. 1902-1 Nov. 1988) was a prominent business and civic leader in Cleveland. He led the HARRIS CORPORATION from 1941-1972 from a small manufacturer of printing presses to a multi-national producer of high-technology communications and information processing equipment.
DIVORCE EQUITY, INC., founded in 1971 as Cleveland Women's Counseling, promotes fairness in divorce through research, advocacy, and education. Based in Cleveland, the nonprofit organization has chapters in Akron, Cincinnati, Toledo, and Columbus.
The DORCAS HOME, founded 20 Dec. 1884 (inc. 1885) as a refuge for sick and destitute women, served as a residence for elderly women from 1917 until 1967. It was operated by the Dorcas Society, a charitable organization formed in 1867 by 14 women, led by philanthropists Mrs. Josiah A. Harris and Mrs. Hiram H. Little. The purpose was to provide home-based nursing care for sick and poor women.
DRURY, FRANCIS EDSON (20 Aug. 1850-3 April 1932) earned a fortune from the manufacture of stoves and dedicated a good part of it to Cleveland's cultural institutions, notably the CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE. He was born in Pittsfield, Mich., the son of DeWitt and Sarah Dimmick Drury.
DU PONT, ZARA (24 Feb. 1869-1 May 1946), reformer, helped underprivileged CHILDREN AND YOUTH and actively supported rights for LABOR and suffrage for WOMEN in Cleveland and elsewhere.
DUMOULIN, FRANK (9 July 1870-9 July 1947), Episcopal priest, third dean and rector of TRINITY CATHEDRAL (1907-14), and bishop coadjutor of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Ohio (1914-24), was born in Montreal, Canada, son of John Philip and Frances Mary (Brough) DuMoulin. He received his B.A. and M.A.
DURDEN, EDWARD (5 Apr. 1932-6 Mar. 1993), civil rights activist, died as he lived, protesting injustice towards AFRICAN AMERICANS. He suffered a heart attack while criticizing George Forbes, president of the local NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP).
The EAST END NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE was established in Cleveland in 1907 (inc. 1911) by Hedwig and Anna Kosbab, daughters of Josip Kosbab, a Hungarian immigrant. Located at 2749 Woodhill Rd., the settlement has served the BUCKEYE-WOODLAND-Woodhill community.
EDUCATIONAL TRUST was founded in Cleveland in 1952 by the RELIANCE ELECTRIC CO.
The EDWARD J. AND LOUISE E. MELLEN CENTER FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TREATMENT AND RESEARCH was established at the CLEVELAND CLINIC in Feb. 1985 with the help of a $2 million gift from the Mellen Foundation.
EINSTEIN, RUTH WEINER (Oct. 1882-20 June 1977), Jewish community leader for over half a century, was born in Cleveland, daughter to Abraham and Belle Aub Weiner. She graduated from the College for Women of Western Reserve University. Einstein joined the board of trustees of the NATL.
The ELISABETH SEVERANCE PRENTISS FOUNDATION was founded in Jan. 1939 in Cleveland by ELISABETH SEVERANCE ALLEN PRENTISS, Luther L. Miller, and Kate W. Miller. It began operating after Prentiss's death in 1944. Funds were entrusted to the National City Bank (subsidiary of NATIONAL CITY CORP.).
The ELIZABETH RING AND WILLIAM GWINN MATHER FUND was founded in 1954 in Cleveland by Elizabeth Ring Mather (1891-1957), from her husband's estate. The fund supports the arts, hospitals and health agencies, secondary and HIGHER EDUCATION, conservation, and social welfare efforts.
ENVIRONMENTALISM. For thousands of years, American Indians lived in northeast Ohio and scarcely altered the landscape. But with the coming of European settlement and large-scale industrialization in the 1800s, much of the region's natural resources were exploited and polluted within decades. Ever since, groups of far-sighted citizens have struggled to right the ecological balance.
The EVA L. AND JOSEPH M. BRUENING FOUNDATION, established in Cleveland in 1988 with the estates of Eva L. Bruening and her husband Joseph M. Bruening (founder of BEARINGS, INC.), quickly took its place among the nation's largest FOUNDATIONS. It was ranked as the 17th largest independent foundation in northeast Ohio by 1990.
The F. J. O'NEILL CHARITABLE CORP. was established in Cleveland in 1979 with funds donated by FRANCIS JOSEPH "STEVE" O'NEILL. In 1990 this foundation was ranked the 6th largest independent foundation in northeast Ohio. The F. J. O'Neill Charitable Corp.
