Tracy W. Mcgregor: Humanitarian, Philanthropist, and Detroit Civic Leader (Great Lakes Books) (Great Lakes Books) | 
| Author: Philip P. Mason
Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr
Category: Book
List Price: $49.95
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Sales Rank: 157570
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0814333761
Dewey Decimal Number: 361.749092
EAN: 9780814333761
ASIN: 0814333761
Publication Date: March 3, 2008
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In the turbulent era from 1890 to the late 1930s, Detroit emerged as a leading industrial and urban center and endured the crushing social and economic challenges of the Great Depression. It was during these years that Tracy W. McGregor, with the assistance of his wife, Katherine Whitney McGregor, established himself as a philanthropist and community leader. Though public buildings and a charitable foundation bear their names, relatively little is known about the private-minded McGregors, who avoided newspaper interviews or public exposure whenever possible.
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A worthy tribute to a man who was determined to make Detroit a better place to live. March 3, 2008
Tracy W. McGregor: Humanitarian, Philanthropist, and Detroit Civic Leader is the biography of the charitable Tracy W. McGregor, whose positive influence (and that of his wife, Kathryn Whitney McGregor) on Detroit from 1890 to the 1930s continues today amid public buildings and the workings of a charitable foundation. The McGregors avoided newspaper interviews or public exposure as much as possible; Tracy W. McGregor: Humanitarian, Philanthropist, and Detroit Civic Leader pieces together information about the couple from the archival collections of a variety of Michigan universities and libraries, as well as the Library of Congress. From McGregor's successful political campaigns to reform political, judicial, and educational institutions to their establishment of mental health, correctional, and health care facilities and more, Tracy W. McGregor: Humanitarian, Philanthropist, and Detroit Civic Leader is a worthy tribute to a man who was determined to make Detroit a better place to live.
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