Marshall Field III
Author
1893 – 1956
Who was Marshall Field III?
Marshall Field III was an American investment banker, publisher, racehorse owner/breeder, philanthropist, heir to the Marshall Field department store fortune and a leading financial supporter and founding board member of Saul Alinsky's community organizing network Industrial Areas Foundation.
Born in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, he was raised primarily in England where he was educated at Eton College and at the University of Cambridge. In 1917 he joined the 1st Illinois Cavalry and served with the 122nd Field Artillery in France during World War I. He built an estate in 1925.
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- Born
- Sep 28, 1893
Chicago - Children
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Profession
- Education
- University of Cambridge
- Eton College
- Died
- Nov 8, 1956
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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