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Ford, Whitey

(Encyclopedia)Ford, Whitey (Edward Charles Ford), 1928–2020, American baseball player, b. New York City. A New York Yankee pitcher for his entire career, he signed with them in 1946. The southpaw threw in the min...

Chadds Ford

(Encyclopedia)Chadds Ford: see Brandywine, battle of. ...

Hartford Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Hartford Foundation, fund established (1929) by retail food merchants John A. Hartford (1872–1951) and George L. Hartford (1864–1957) of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P) as a p...

Hewlett Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Hewlett Foundation: see William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. ...

Gates Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Gates Foundation: see Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ...

Johnson Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Johnson Foundation: see Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. ...

Mott Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Mott Foundation, philanthropic trust created (1926) by automobile executive Charles Stewart Mott (1875–1973) to support programs dealing with selected urban problems. The foundation originally conce...

Mellon Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Mellon Foundation, officially the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, philanthropic trust formed (1969) through the merger of the Avalon Foundation (est. 1940 by Ailsa Mellon Bruce) and the Old Dominion Foun...

Moore Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Moore Foundation: see Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. ...

Packard Foundation

(Encyclopedia)Packard Foundation: see David and Lucile Packard Foundation. ...