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John Simon
Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation
Founded
in 1925 by former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, in
memory of John Simon Guggenheim, a son, who died April 26, 1922. From
Senator Guggenheim's Letter of Gift, March 26, 1925
"The name John Simon Guggenheim embodied in the title of the Foundation is that of a dearly loved son who was cut off by death on April 26, 1922, just as he had completed his preparation for college. In this great sorrow, there came to Mrs. Guggenheim and myself a desire in some sense to continue the influence of the young life of eager aspiration by establishing a foundation which in his name should, in the words of the charter, 'promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding, and the appreciation of beauty, by aiding without distinction on account of race, color or creed, scholars, scientists and artists of either sex in the prosecution of their labors.' . . . It is Mrs. Guggenheim's and my desire, in memory of our son, through the agency of this Foundation, to add to the educational, literary, artistic, and scientific power of this country, and also to provide for the cause of better international understanding." From
Senator Guggenheim's Second Letter of Gift, June 7, 1929
"We regard it as necessary that the republics of America should draw nearer to each other in ascertaining for the common benefit what advances have been made by each nation in knowledge, including the solution of common problems, and in the understanding and appreciation of each other's deepest culture. It is our conviction, based on our experience with the present Fellowships of the Foundation, that this may best be accomplished by aiding scholars and artists of proven abilities to carry on research and creative work in contact with the scholars and artists of other lands. Such aid should be afforded under the freest possible conditions to men and women devoted to science and liberal studies, great teachers, creators of beauty, and generally to those devoted to pursuits that dignify, ennoble and delight mankind." "It is with no nationalist or propagandist intent that we desire to make available such assistance. Men and women devoted to pushing forward the boundaries of knowledge and to the creation of beauty, reared with the impress of the same republican institutions and principles of progress, must of necessity approach nearer and nearer together in scientific and artistic respect for each other's attainments and culture. There is, moreover, a republic of learning and art which knows no boundary lines, and we desire only that scholars and artists from the American republics should meet and learn and teach what to them is Truth. For better understanding among the citizens of the American republics nothing is needed but more knowledge--a knowledge of the other's culture that yields nothing in zeal for one's own." home page |
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