Bernard Mannes Baruch
American
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| War Industries Board | 1917 | 1918 |
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| War Industries Board | 1917 | 1918 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1905/00/00 | Bernard M Baruch buys Hobcaw Barony between 1905 and 1907 to use as a winter hunting retreat. | Home | Hobcaw Barony | Georgetown, SC | |||
| 1918/01/00 | The War Industries Board is reorganized under the Chairmanship of financier Bernard M Baruch. | ||||||
| 1929/00/00 | Bernard Baruch gives Churchill a list of possible hosts for his North American Tour: William Randolph Hearst in Los Angeles, Paul Mellon in Pittsburgh and Samuel McClure in Chicago. Churchill himself adds Charles Schwab, chairman of Bethlehem Steel. | Host | Winston Churchill's 1929 North American Tour | ||||
| 1929/10/30 | Feeling partially responsible for Winston Churchill's losses, Bernard Baruch gave him $7,200 (equivalent to $108,000 in 2015), the profit Baruch had made on a single share. | Broker | Stock Market Crash of 1929 | ||||
| 1939/00/00 | Exterior of the Egyptian Building is renovated, paid for by Bernard Baruch in memory of his father who graduated from Medical College of Virginia in 1862 and served as a Confederate surgeon during the Civil War. None of the original interiors survive. | Benefactor | Egyptian Building | Richmond | |||
| 1952/00/00 | Bernard Baruch steps into the role of Minister of the Crown, while Howard Keel takes the part of Grand Marshal at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. | Minister of Crown | Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival |
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