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25: 133: 565:-styled regulations. He disliked JFK for currying favor with labor unions, promoting civil rights advances, and failing to pass tariff barriers to prevent the import of foreign textiles and cotton. Draper blamed the actions of both presidents for the demise of the domestic textile industry that eventually caused the Draper Company to be dissolved by 375:, the German Minister of the Interior. At the conference, Draper's travel companion, Dr. Clarence Campbell delivered an oration that concluded: "The difference between the Jew and the Aryan is as unsurmountable as that between black and white.... Germany has set a pattern which other nations must follow.... To that great leader, 1040: 324:
In 1924, Draper established the Draper Armor Leadership Award, as a means to competitively test the leadership of small Cavalry units in the US Army. The test was oriented to the platoon level of Horse Cavalry. The first Cavalry Leadership Test for small units was held at
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as an insolvent entity. Draper converted his equity in The Draper Company into a $ 100,000,000 windfall investment in Rockwell International preferred stock, when Rockwell expanded because of the
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colonial-era families and to support research into "race betterment" through eugenics. The scholarships were never given, but the first project of the fund was to distribute two
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In August 1935, Draper traveled to Berlin to attend the International Congress for the Scientific Investigation of Population Problems. Presiding over the conference was
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DRAPER APPROVES BID BY ROCKWELL; In Surprise Move, Board Backs Improved Offer - Indian Head Talks Off Acquisitions and Combinations Are Planned by Corporations
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Considered reclusive, Draper maintained a low profile throughout his life, as did the Pioneer Fund. When Draper died in 1972 from
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In 1927, he participated in the French mission of Captain Marcel Augiéras to the southern Sahara that discovered the remains of "
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periodical advanced and promulgated Draper's positions and attitudes for three decades, from 1942 to 1972 when Smith died.
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At age 50, Draper again volunteered for military service and was assigned a post with British military intelligence in
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also received $ 1,000,000 in the Spring of 1964 to build his "Christ of the Ozarks" shrine and tourist attraction in
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Kenny, Michael G. (2002). "Toward a racial abyss: eugenics, Wickliffe Draper, and the origins of The Pioneer Fund".
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textile and textile machinery manufacturers, who descended from generations of prominent Americans. He attended
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Science for Segregation: Race, Law, and the Case against Brown v. Board of Education
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Rockwell acquires North American Phillips and Draper Company Rockwell International
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Defending the Master Race: Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant
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for eugenics and heredity research; he later became its principal benefactor.
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The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism
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The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism
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supported the work of a number of noted and controversial researchers of
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The Funding of Scientific Racism: Wickliffe Draper and the Pioneer Fund
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Three years later, when Draper paid to print and disseminate the book
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Draper's work has become more controversial since the publication of
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Draper's first name is sometimes spelled "Wycliffe" in publications.
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Col. Wickliffe Draper, seen here in United States military uniform
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Draper was one of the primary out-of-state benefactors of the
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trust account and published his results on June 11, 1999 in
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Institute for the Study of Academic Racism: Pioneer Fund
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uncovered evidence of these contributions via Draper's
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political organizations and candidates, including the
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In addition to The Pioneer Fund, Draper financed the
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Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. 667:Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 348:, and in Britain, he was elected a Fellow of the 1146:Deaths from prostate cancer in the United States 1057: 491:of the 1960s he secretly sent $ 255,000 to the 704: 557:Draper opposed FDR's efforts to implement the 360:During this time, Draper became interested in 336:", an extinct human believed to belong to the 519:Funding of Mississippi Sovereignty Commission 413:was headed by the sociologist and eugenicist 409:depicting its claimed success with eugenics. 1121:United States Army personnel of World War II 355: 1116:United States Army personnel of World War I 1025:Institute for the Study of Academic Racism. 264: 131: 1126:Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society 1000:"The Tainted Sources of 'The Bell Curve'" 930: 779: 456:, the Canadian evolutionary psychologist 452:, the American differential psychologist 109:Learn how and when to remove this message 525:Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission 515:discovered the incriminating documents. 493:Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission 710: 16:American political activist (1891–1972) 1058: 884: 269:Draper was born on August 9, 1891, in 1111:Military personnel from Massachusetts 1096:British Army personnel of World War I 961: 909: 664: 346:Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations 848: 815:March 22, 1967 p. 61 Column 1. 642:. 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Hopedale, Massachusetts
United States
Harvard University
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racial segregation
Pioneer Fund
George A. Draper
Eben Sumner Draper
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racial segregation
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Hopedale, Massachusetts
William Preston III
United States Ambassador to Spain
American Civil War
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