Carnegie
Steel baron philanthropist
Carnegie appears most often as a surname, notably that of Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish-American industrialist whose philanthropy funded libraries, universities, and concert halls across the United States.
The name now marks institutions he endowed: Carnegie Hall in New York, Carnegie Mellon University, the Carnegie Foundation.
She dreamed of performing at Carnegie Hall someday.
Western Pennsylvania industrial city
- HomesteadFlorida city or historic act
- millGrain-crushing facility
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
- foundryMetal casting facility
smelting · ingot · furnace · rails · alloy · metallurgy · forge · production
Book collection or building
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
grant · charity · giving · patron · nonprofit · trust · fund · institution
Dominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- capitalistPrivate ownership supporter
- robber-baronUnscrupulous wealthy capitalist
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
baron · entrepreneur · empire · corporation · conglomerate · enterprise · expansion · self-made
Higher education institution
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- libraryBook collection or building
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
research · knowledge · learning · academy · literacy · access · founding · endowment
Wealth or destiny
- millionairePerson possessing great wealth
- affluenceAbundance of money
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- capitalWealth used for investment
assets · estate · prosperity · self-made · accumulation · inheritance · opulence · holdings
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania industrial city
- HomesteadFlorida city or historic act
- millGrain-crushing facility
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
foundry · smelting · ingot · furnace · rails · alloy · metallurgy · forge · production · manufacturing
library
Book collection or building
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- benefactorOne who gives aid
donation · grant · charity · giving · patron · nonprofit · trust · fund · institution · arts
tycoon
Dominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- capitalistPrivate ownership supporter
- robber-baronUnscrupulous wealthy capitalist
monopoly · baron · entrepreneur · empire · corporation · conglomerate · enterprise · expansion · self-made · rags-to-riches
university
Higher education institution
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- libraryBook collection or building
- institutionEstablished organization or custom
campus · research · knowledge · learning · academy · literacy · access · founding · endowment
fortune
Wealth or destiny
- millionairePerson possessing great wealth
- affluenceAbundance of money
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
capital · assets · estate · prosperity · self-made · accumulation · inheritance · opulence · holdings · investments
- 1800s FiguresDarwin, Marx, Dickens, Beethoven, Napoleon
- PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pittsburgh, Lancaster, Erie, Harrisburg
- Gilded Age FiguresRockefeller, Vanderbilt, J.P. Morgan, Frick, Huntington
- industrializationfactory, industrial revolution, Industrial Revolution, factories, manufacturing
- Business IconsRockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, JP Morgan, Warren Buffett
- Early 1900sroaring twenties, flapper, jazz, speakeasy, prohibition
Carnegiemiser
Stingy wealth hoarder
hoarder · Scrooge · misers · Cornelius Vanderbilt · dynastic wealth
CarnegieSamuel Gompers
labor unions · Mother Jones · the working class · organized labor · collective bargaining
CarnegieRockefeller
Industrial dynasty surname
old money · aristocracy · landed gentry · trust fund baby · silver spoon
- Carnegie HallPrestigious Manhattan concert hall
- Andrew CarnegieScottish-American steel magnate
- Carnegie MellonPrivate research university, Pittsburgh
- Dale Carnegie
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityPrivate Pittsburgh research university