Today I Found Out

The Timely Death of Kodak Founder George Eastman (2017x96)

Fecha de emisión: Abr 20, 2017

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Who was the Woman in the Famous Great Depression Photograph? https://youtu.be/k9hm8fTEzmk?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR The Actress Who Died on Stage While Portraying Her Theatrical Death https://youtu.be/KjktCPawl8w?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR In this video: It was March 14, 1932 when George Eastman, famed inventor, philanthropist, and founder of Eastman Kodak, invited a few loyal friends over to witness the rewriting of his will. He had made the decision to give a good portion of his money and prized possessions, including his enormous mansion, to the city he called home for his whole life- Rochester. To this end, he bequeathed his house and a $2 million endowment (about $34 million today) to the University of Rochester. Eastman also donated a large sum of money to dental dispensaries across the city, attempting to ensure that no child in Rochester would go without proper dental work. Finally, he left $200,000 (about $3.4 million today) to his beloved niece, Ellen. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/10/timely-death-kodak-founder-george-eastman/ Sources: http://www.eastmanhouse.org/collections/eastman/biography.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastman http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eastman/sfeature/finalshot.html http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Our_Company/History_of_Kodak/George_Eastman.htm http://books.google.com/books?id=HJdn-qdFlCUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=George+Eastman:+A+Biography&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NDIrVNeAH4mvogSj9oG4DQ&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=snippet&q=1932&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=BG2zCYDzdlkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ge