Corporation
of New York
Vol. 1/No. 2
Spring 2001
Also in this issue:
Looking Back, Facing Forward: One Reporter's View of the Balkans
Stephen J. Del Rosso an interview
Meeting the Challenge of the Urban High School
Whole - District School Reform
Youth Vote 2000: They'd Rather Volunteer
Foundations Working for Youth Participation in Politics
The Youth Vote: Defining the Problem and Possible Solutions
The Backpage
No Child Left behind
Past Issues:
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a footnote to History |
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Carnegie and his intended bride, Louise Whitfield, signed an unusual and endearing prenuptial agreement in which the steel magnate and his soon-to-be wife declared their intentions to devote the bulk of his wealth to the public good, precluding any future arguments about the disposition of what amounted to a great fortune. The document was signed on April 22, 1887, the same day that the Carnegies were married. Andrew Carnegie desires and intends to devote the bulk purposes and said Louise Whitfield sympathizes and agrees with him in said desire... |
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