| 词条 | Ralph Lowell |
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| name = Ralph Lowell | image = Ralph Lowell (13847500055).jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | death_date = | death_place = Boston, Massachusetts | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = | known_for = WGBH-TV, WGBH radio }} Major Ralph Lowell (July 23, 1890 – May 15, 1978) was a World War I veteran, banker, and philanthropist from Boston. Ralph was born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, to John and Mary Emlen Lowell (Lowell 1899, p 302).[1] Lowell graduated from Harvard College in 1912. He married Charlotte Loring (1897–1981) on September 1, 1917. CareerRalph Lowell chose to pursue a career in banking and finance, as his family had a long history in business and banking in Boston. He eventually became president of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company. And in 1955, Ralph received an LL.D. from Bates College. PhilanthropistRalph was appointed as the sole Trustee of the Lowell Institute, in 1943, upon the death of his cousin, Harvard President A. Lawrence Lowell. Lowell would serve as Trustee of the Lowell Institute for the rest of his life and named his son, John Lowell, to succeed him. In cooperation with another Harvard President, James B. Conant, Lowell used his position at the Institute to help found the WGBH radio and television stations. He served as president on the board of the WGBH Educational Foundation from 1951 into the 1970s.
"In 1973, Lowell was one of seven citizens officially recognized as 'Grand Bostonians' for lives that 'mirrored the spirit and dignity that have made Boston and its people so extraordinary.' The years of Lowell's philanthropic and civic works paralleled significant transformations in the political, social, and cultural landscape of Boston, and his remarkable achievements reflect his key role in the making of a 'New Boston' during the mid-twentieth century." (Gelfand 1998)[2] Lowell died in Boston on May 15, 1978, at the age of eighty-seven and was buried in the Old Westwood Cemetery in Westwood, Massachusetts.[3] See also
References1. ^Lowell, Delmar. (1899) The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899, Rutland VT: The Tuttle Company. {{ISBN|978-0-7884-1567-8}}. 2. ^Gelfand, Mark. (1998) Trustee for a City: Ralph Lowell of Boston, Boston: Northeastern University Press. {{ISBN|1-55553-369-8}}. 3. ^(1997, p 33) Westwood One Hundred, Boston:Suburban World Newspapers. External links{{Commons category}}
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