Harry Lynde Bradley (January 5, 1885 – July 23, 1965), the brother of Lynde Bradley, was the co-founder of the Allen-Bradley Company and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.[1] He "became deeply involved in conservative causes",[2] with "a strong sense of anti-communism animat[ing] his political beliefs".[2] He was a founding member of the John Birch Society.[3] He supported Robert A. Taft for the Presidency in 1952, and Barry Goldwater in 1964.[2]
The Foundation, however, remained relatively small-scale until twenty years after Bradley's death, with the billion-dollar sale of Allen-Bradley to Rockwell Automation, which swelled the Foundation's assets from around $14m to around $290m.[2]
His adopted daughter, Marion Bradley Via, lived in Virginia, and died in 1993.[4] His daughter Jane Bradley Pettit, a philanthropist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died in 2001.[5]
Books
- Gurda, John (1992). The Bradley legacy: Lynde and Harry Bradley, their company, and their foundation. Milwaukee, Wis.: Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. LCCN 92081974. OCLC 26821637.
References
- ^ Bradley family has made a tradition of giving, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 6, 1985
- ^ a b c d John J. Miller (2003), "The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation", in How Two Foundations Reshaped America, Philanthropy Roundtable
- ^ Horwtz, Jeff (June 12, 2015). "Before Walker run, a conservative foundation set the stage". realclearpolitics.com. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ His son Harry Lynda Bradley Junior died February 13, 1995. Lived in Massachusetts. Bradley heir Via dies in Virginia, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 5, 1993
- ^ Jane Pettit was philanthropist beyond compare, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 16, 2001