| 词条 | William G. Kerckhoff |
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| name =William George Kerckhoff | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date =March 30, 1856 | birth_place =Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S. | death_date =1929 | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence =734 West Adams Boulevard, West Adams, Los Angeles, California | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation =Businessman | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse =Louisa Eshman Kerckhoff | children = | parents = | relatives = | box_width = }} William George Kerckhoff (1856–1929) was an American businessman. Early lifeKerckhoff was born on March 30, 1856, in Terre Haute, Indiana,[1] the son of George W.B. Kerckhoff (1823–1896), an immigrant from Lingen in the Kingdom of Hanover, and Philippine Newhart (1831–1870).[2] CareerKerckhoff moved to Los Angeles County, California, from Indiana in 1878-1879 and worked for the Jackson Lumber Company.[3] In 1887, along with James Cuzner of the Kerckhoff-Cuzner Lumber Company, he built the Pasadena. It was the first ocean-going vessel to use oil for fuel.[3] In the 1890s, he founded the San Gabriel Power Company, a hydroelectric power company in Los Angeles.[3] By the turn of the century, together with A.C. Balch, he owned half the stock of Henry E. Huntington Pacific Light & Power Company used to provide electricity to Pacific Electric, and he served as its President.[3] In 1902, they purchased the San Joaquin Electric Company.[3] They also founded Southern California Gas Corporation in 1910, and built a 120-mile pipeline from the San Joaquin Valley to Los Angeles.[3] In 1900, with Burton E. Green (1868-1965), Charles A. Canfield (1848-1913), Max Whittier (1867–1928), Frank H. Buck (1887-1942), Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927), William F. Herrin (1854-1927), W.S. Porter and Frank H. Balch, known as the Amalgated Oil Company, he purchased Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas from Henry Hammel and Andrew H. Denker and renamed it Morocco Junction.[4] After drilling for oil and only finding water, they reorganized their business into the Rodeo Land and Water Company to develop a new residential town later known as Beverly Hills, California.[3][4] As president of the South Coast Land Company, he also helped found the city of Del Mar, California.[3] Personal lifeKerckhoff married Louisa Eshman of Terre Haute in 1883.[1] They lived in a grand mansion at 734 West Adams Boulevard designed by the architects Sumner Hunt (1865-1938), Abraham Wesley Eager (1864-1930) and Silas Reese Burns (1855-1940).[3][5][6] Originally donated to the University of Southern California for use as the Louise E. Kerckhoff Medical Sciences Laboratory, it now stands at the center of USC's Annenberg Research Park.[3] Death and legacyKerckhoff died in 1929. The Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach is named in his honor, as are the "Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research - W.G. Kerckhoff Institute" and the "Kerckhoff-Klinik" (a hospital for cardiology, cardiac surgery, pulmology, thoracic surgery, and rheumatology, affiliated with the University of Giessen School of Medicine and part of the William G. Kerckhoff Foundation), both in Bad Nauheim, Germany.[1] Kerckhoff Hall, designed by Allison & Allison, is home to various student media, clubs, and organizations on the UCLA campus.[7] It was the result of a US$815,000 ($100,000 for furnishing) donation from his widow Louisa.[8] References1. ^1 2 Short History of the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, W. G. Kerckhoff Institute] {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kerchoff, William G.}}2. ^[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8023473/george-w.b.-kerckhoff George W.B. Kerckhoff] at findagrave.com 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 West Adams Heritage Association 4. ^1 Marc Wanamaker, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gwMyg0wEdDEC&pg=PA17 Early Beverly Hills], Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2005, pp. 17-18 5. ^[https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/1154/ Pacific Coast Architecture Database: William G. Kerckhoff House] 6. ^'Residence for W.G. Kerckhoff, Los Angeles', Architect and Engineer of California, 77, 07/1908 7. ^UCLA Campus Tour 8. ^Marc Wanamaker, [https://books.google.com/books?id=VWxdBTTzfFoC&pg=PA68 Westwood], Arcadia Publishing, 2010, p. 74 - "Kerckhoff’s Wish Realized", UCLA Alumni, January 23, 2014 7 : 1856 births|1929 deaths|American people of German descent|Businesspeople from Los Angeles|People from Beverly Hills, California|People from Del Mar, California|People from West Adams, Los Angeles |
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