Harry Guggenheim
Harry Guggenheim · Technology & Engineering
Aviator and philanthropist; first president of the Guggenheim aeronautics fund and financial backer of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry experiments.
1890, West End, New Jersey, United States — 1971, Sands Point, New York, United States
New York and the United States
Harry Guggenheim is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Aviator and philanthropist; first president of the Guggenheim aeronautics fund and financial backer of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry experiments.
Harry Guggenheim was an American aviator, diplomat and philanthropist from the Jewish Guggenheim family. He served as the first president of the family's aeronautics fund and personally financed Robert Goddard's pioneering liquid-fuel rocketry experiments. He also co-founded Newsday and bred Kentucky Derby winners.
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Aviator and philanthropist; first president of the Guggenheim aeronautics fund and financial backer of Robert Goddard's pioneering rocketry experiments.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Frank_Guggenheim
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