What are some examples of J.P Morgan's philanthropy?

Answer 1

His gifts include:

* $2,000,000 to the University of the South (1902);
* $1,000,000 to the Harvard Medical school;
* $1,350,000 for a lying-in hospital near St. George's church, N.Y.;
* $500,000 to St. John's cathedral;
* $100,000 to the Young Men's Christian association;
* $500,000 to the Loomis hespital for consumptives;
* $100,000 for a library in Holyoke, Mass.;
* $125,000 for preserving the palisades along the Hudson river;
* $300,000 for a new Parish house and rectory for St. George's church;
* $500,000 to the New York Trades Training school

and many other large benefactions. He contributed largely to the Galveston Relief fund; to the Queen Victoria memorial fund, and presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art a rare collection of Greek ornaments valued at $200,000. He was one of the chief patrons in the international yachting contests for the America's cup; was commodore of the New York yacht club, and owner of the steam-yacht Corsair, one of the largest and finest pleasure boats afloat, which he presented to the government for use during the war with Spain. He was twice married: first, Oct. 7, 1861, to Amelia, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Pemberton (Cody) Sturges, of New York; and secondly, May 31, 1865, to Frances Louisa, daughter of Charles and Louisa (Kirkland) Stacy. In January, 1902, he purchased for $500,000 Raphael's famous "Madonna of St. Anthony of Padua" from the heirs of King Ferdinand II. of Naples; and in the same year he was made an officer of the Legion of Honor of France.
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