Charles F. Feeney (born April 23, 1931 in Elizabeth, N.J.)[1], an Irish-American businessman and philanthropist. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elizabeth is a city in Union County, New Jersey, in the United States. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Philanthropy is the act of donating money goods services time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause with a defined objective and with no financial or material He made his fortune as a co-founder with Robert Warren Miller of the Duty Free Shoppers Group. Robert Warren Miller ( May 23, 1933, Quincy City Hospital, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts) is a Billionaire
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Personal
Feeney, an Irish-American with dual citizenship[2], was born in New Jersey during the Great Depression. He served as a U. S. Air Force radio operator during the Korean War, and began his career selling duty-free liquor to Kennedy family members at Mediterranean ports in the 1950s. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the [3] He later attended the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. The School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University is a specialized Business school for hospitality management founded in 1922 as the first four-year [1]
Feeney is the father of two daughters, Diane V. Feeney and Leslie D. Feeney Baily. (This information is incomplete. According to his biography he has 4 Daughters and 1 Son)
Career
Feeney was a co-founder of the Duty Free Shoppers Group (DFS Group), which earned him his fortune. [4]
Philanthropy
Philosophy
"I had one idea that never changed in my mind — that you should use your wealth to help people. I try to live a normal life, the way I grew up," Feeney said. "I set out to work hard, not to get rich. "[3]
Foundation
Feeney is the founder of Atlantic Philanthropies, and between 1982 and 2005 gave away $3. Atlantic Philanthropies (AP is a philanthropical organization that seeks "to bring about lasting changes in the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people 547 billion. [5]
Education
Feeney has been a major donor to his alma mater Cornell University. He has also donated $1 billion to schools in Ireland, notably the University of Limerick. The University of Limerick ( UL) (Ollscoil Luimnigh was established in 1972 as the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick and [1]
Sinn Féin
A 2003 article in Irish America magazine noted that Feeney's personal donations to Sinn Féin amounted to over a quarter million dollars, making him the organization's largest American donor at the time. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 The donations were personal ones and were made outside of his foundations.
Books and Articles
Feeney first went public about his philanthropy in 1997, in an article published by The New York Times;[2] at the time, he decided to end his anonymity when it became apparent that a dispute with Robert Miller, his former DFS partner, over the sale of DFS Group was likely to lead to a lawsuit that would reveal his donations anyway. Robert Warren Miller ( May 23, 1933, Quincy City Hospital, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts) is a Billionaire [2]
Feeney also cooperated in the publication of a biography about him, The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Made and Gave Away a Fortune Without Anyone Knowing (ISBN 1586483919).
Footnotes
- ^ a b c Jim Dwyer, New York Times, Out of Sight, Till Now, and Giving Away Billions, September 26, 2007. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
- ^ a b c He Gave Away $600 Million, and No One Knew, a January 23, 1997 article by Judith Miller from The New York Times
- ^ a b Book details billionaire's secret philanthropy, a September 19, 2007 Reuters story via MSNBC.com
- ^ "Reclusive Philanthropist Steps into Spotlight" from the NPR website
- ^ Historical Grant Statistics from the Atlantic Philanthropies website
External links
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