Notable People in History

Ep 35. John D. Rockefeller: The Octopus of Standard Oil


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In this week's Notable People in History podcast, we’ll take a look at the life of John D. Rockefeller, the businessman and philanthropist who founded the General Education Board in 1902 with a $1,000,000 donation to “sponsor and support aid to education in the United States without distinction of race, sex or creed.”

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Notable People in HistoryBy Lawrence Jean-Louis