Harry_Lynde_Bradley

Harry Lynde Bradley

Harry Lynde Bradley

American businessman (1885–1965)

Harry Lynde Bradley (January 5, 1885 – July 23, 1965), the brother of Lynde Bradley, was the co-founder of the Allen-Bradley Company and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.[1] He "became deeply involved in conservative causes",[2] with "a strong sense of anti-communism animat[ing] his political beliefs".[2] He was a founding member of the John Birch Society.[3] He supported Robert A. Taft for the Presidency in 1952, and Barry Goldwater in 1964.[2]

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The Foundation, however, remained relatively small-scale until twenty years after Bradley's death, with the billion-dollar sale of Allen-Bradley to Rockwell Automation, which swelled the Foundation's assets from around $14m to around $290m.[2]

His adopted daughter, Marion Bradley Via, lived in Virginia, and died in 1993.[4] His daughter Jane Bradley Pettit, a philanthropist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died in 2001.[5]

Books

  • Gurda, John (1992). The Bradley legacy: Lynde and Harry Bradley, their company, and their foundation. Milwaukee, Wis.: Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. LCCN 92081974. OCLC 26821637.

References

  1. [1]
    Bradley family has made a tradition of giving, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 6, 1985
  2. [2]
    John J. Miller (2003), "The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation", in How Two Foundations Reshaped America, Philanthropy Roundtable
  3. [3]
    Horwtz, Jeff (June 12, 2015). "Before Walker run, a conservative foundation set the stage". realclearpolitics.com. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  4. [4]
    His son Harry Lynda Bradley Junior died February 13, 1995. Lived in Massachusetts. Bradley heir Via dies in Virginia, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 5, 1993
  5. [5]
    Jane Pettit was philanthropist beyond compare, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 16, 2001
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