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Known for. Namesake of Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library. Signature. Harry Elkins Widener (January 3, 1885 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman and bibliophile, and a member of the Widener family. His mother built Harvard University 's Widener Memorial Library in his memory, after his death on the foundering of the RMS Titanic .
Widener University. / 39.8607; -75.3551. Widener University is a private university in Chester, Pennsylvania. The university has three other campuses: two in Pennsylvania ( Harrisburg and Exton) and one in Wilmington, Delaware . Founded as The Bullock School for Boys in 1821, the school was established in Wilmington, Delaware.
The Widener fortune, amassed in the meat-packing and streetcar businesses, saw Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr. listed in Forbes Magazine's 400 Richest Americans in 1985, 1991, and 1995. Dixon bred thoroughbred racehorses at Erdenheim Farm, and was a member and one-time Chairman of the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission.
Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology and Dean of the Physics Faculty at the University of Maryland, Baltimore . James T. Harris III. president of the University of San Diego and Widener University. Ericka Hart. former adjunct professor at the Columbia School of Social Work and sex educator. Kathleen Hetherington.
The Widener Pride football team represents Widener University in college football. The football team has had recent success winning the MAC championship in 2012 and an "Elite 8" appearance in the Division III Playoffs, the ECAC Southwest Bowl in 2011, [2] and the ECAC South Atlantic Bowl in 2005. [3] Its greatest success has been winning the ...
The Chemistry Building is adjacent to Old Main and is a three-story building that measures 37 feet by 51 feet. It is connected to Old Main by a wrought iron and plank-board walk-way extending from the second floor of each structure. It was built in order to separate dangerous laboratory conditions from the dormitory area of the Old Main building.
A patron of the arts, Widener was a director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. RMS Titanic. In 1912, Widener, his wife, and their son Harry traveled to Paris, France, with original intentions to find a chef for Widener's new Philadelphia hotel, The Ritz Carlton. The Wideners booked their return passage on RMS Titanic.
George Dunton Widener Jr. (March 11, 1889 – December 8, 1971) was an American businessman and thoroughbred racehorse owner; one of only five people ever designated "Exemplars of Racing" by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.