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346:. In 1983, Hiatt created the Frances Hiatt Scholars Program, which provided $ 5 million over ten years to Worcester high school and nursing school students. In 1990, Worcester Public Schools opened up an elementary school named after Hiatt - Jacob Hiatt Magnet School on Main Street. He later established the Frances Hiatt Exemplary School Program, which provided Worcester's elementary schools with $ 4,000 to $ 7,000 a year for educational purposes.
211:, where he eventually rose to the position of company president. The company was later acquired by Whitney Box to form Dodge-Whitney Co. In February 1962, Dodge-Whitney and three other companies merged to create the Rand-Whitney Corporation. Hiatt remained in charge of Rand-Whitney until 1968, when his son-in-law, Robert Kraft, purchased half of the company in a
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Christian studies at Brandeis as part of a program that involved joint academic activities in comparative religion. He also provided funding for
175:, and German, Hiatt did not speak English when he arrived in the U.S. Frances Lavine, the secretary to the Worcester superintendent of schools, helped find him a school that taught English to immigrants. They married in 1937. In 1946 he earned a master's degree from
358:. The museum's Frances L. Hiatt Wing was named in memory of Hiatt's wife. He also provided money for the creation of the Frances Hiatt Scholarships at the Worcester Art Museum and the Hiatt FAME (Fund for the Advancement of Museum Education).
418: : 7 January 2021), Jacob Hiatt, 25 Feb 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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1246:Categories
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140:Early life
127:(grandson)
125:Josh Kraft
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100:Myra Kraft
35:1908-07-01
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