My memory is fading :+} What or who were the robber barons of the USA? Where they the railroad (Spelt USAian) tycoons? Carnegie is remembered for his money and music halls and libraries. But I think that there was a TV program implying that the donations were from a guilt complex and that some members of the family did not want any of it??
Chris > Gregory J. Neumann wrote: > > > As far as "Greatest American (being defined in this context as that > > subclass of residents of the North American continent that are > > citizens of the United States of America) of All Time", I doubt Bill > > Gates would seriously be in the running. Well ... maybe he would be, > > based on the general grasp of history I see in my fellow USians. ;-) > > Historically, successful business executives are remembered, but > usually not well. > > Consider the Medicis, the Rothschilds, the Rockefellers, Carnegie, > Gould or the Astors. They were all well-known in their times, and some > had businesses that were as innovative -- and as monopolistic -- as > Bill Gates. > > Now, though, the average person remembers their names (if at all) as > being vaguely synonymous with wealth, but would have trouble > remembering anything they did. > > A century from now, Bill Gates will probably have the same sort of > memory. > > -- > Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 > http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield
