Bridging the Bed-Bench Gap Contributions of the Markey Trust (2004) / Chapter Skim
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History of the Markey Trust
History of the Markey Trust
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In 1888 with an initial investment of $3,500 Warren's father William Wright founded the Calumet Baking Powder Company, which he built over the ensuing decades into the leading company in the industry. In the late 1920s Warren sold Calumet to Postum (later General Foods)
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To learn more about charitable activities Hector visited the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which seeks to improve the health and health care of all Americans, and the Rockefeller University, which focuses on medical research. After hearing about the work of both institutions Mrs.
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Markey Charitable Trust was incorporated as a Florida nonprofit organization with 501(c)
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Kaiser Family Foundation and dean of the University of Colorado Medical School and Stanford University School of Medicine. The structure and the function of the Markey Trust were guided from its inception by Louis Hector's vision of supporting and encouraging basic medical research.
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In 1985 most Trust activity ceased because of complicated litigation involving the pricing of natural gas. The litigation involved the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the California Public Service Commission, and a number of major oil and gas companies.
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