Robert William Purcell Portrait
- Title:
- Robert William Purcell Portrait
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Date:
- ca. 1978-1980
- Acquisition Date:
- 1980
- Location:
- Uris Library, Willard Fiske Room, Cornell University
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- artsdb_0305
- Accession Number:
- W84-51.2
- File Name:
- artsdb_0305.jpg
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- portraits
- Materials/Techniques:
- Oil
- Subject:
- Purcell, Robert William, 1911-
Cornell University. Board of Trustees - Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- Robert William Purcell (1912-1991), Chairman of Cornell University Board of Trustees (1968-1978), graduate of the Cornell class of 1932. Robert Purcell was born in Watertown, New York., he was a member of the Class of 1932 and a 1935 graduate of the Cornell Law School. He joined the New York City law firm of White and Case after graduating from law school. He later became counsel and vice chairman of the Allegheny Corp. and its railroads, the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Nickel Plate. In the mid-1950s he became president and chairman of Investors Diversified Services. From 1955 to 1979, he served as a financial advisor to Rockefeller Family and Associates. He owned Portillo, an international ski resort in Chile, where the 1966 Winter Olympics were held. He served on the Board of Trustees from 1959 to 1981, and as chairman from 1968 to 1978. His gifts to the university totaled more than $17 million, many of them given anonymously. In 1982, the Board of Trustees named the Robert Purcell Union after him in recognition of his long-standing interest in students, and researchers at Cornell named an improved strain of winter wheat for him [Question 1: Robert Purcell biography, Thursday, June 24, 2004, Dear Uncle Ezra website, Cornell University, comment posted June, 24, 2004, http://ezra.cornell.edu/posting.php?timestamp=1088107200
“Purcell, Robert W.” Marquis Who's Who, Inc, and Credo Reference (Firm). 2008. Marquis Who was who in America, 1607-1984. [New Providence, NJ]: Marquis Who's Who., http://www.credoreference.com/book/marqwas]. - Source:
- “Purcell, Robert W.” Marquis Who's Who, Inc, and Credo Reference (Firm). 2008. Marquis Who was who in America, 1607-1984. [New Providence, NJ]: Marquis Who's Who., http://www.credoreference.com/book/marqwas
Question 1: Robert Purcell biography, Thursday, June 24, 2004, Dear Uncle Ezra website, Cornell University, comment posted June, 24, 2004, http://ezra.cornell.edu/posting.php?timestamp=1088107200 - Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.