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Donald Carnegie McKenna (1907 - 27 November 1997) was an American businessperson and philanthropist. He is best remembered as a founder of and major donor to the Claremont McKenna College, a liberal arts college and member of the Claremont Colleges, located in Claremont, California.〔(Claremont McKenna College.edu: "Biography of Donald McKenna" )〕 ==History== McKenna was born in Washington in 1907 to Eliza and Alexander G. McKenna. His father was a Pennsylvania steel metallurgist.〔〔(NY Times: Donald Carnegie McKenna ). 7 December 1997 obituary.〕 His grandmother, Anna Hogan McKenna, was a cousin of Andrew Carnegie, and the families were close.〔 The family moved to Claremont in 1918. There McKenna met Bernice Waller; they married in 1928. Their son Malcolm McKenna was born in 1930, and a grandson, Bruce McKenna, was born in 1962. In 1929, McKenna graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor's degree in English literature from Pomona College and earned a master's degree in the subject at Claremont Graduate University in 1931.〔 Both are also members of the Claremont Colleges. He continued on to Harvard to pursue a Ph.D. but left in 1934, when he was called back to California during the Great Depression to manage the Pomona Pump Company, a family business in the Pomona Valley that made submersible pumps and marine engine parts.〔〔 His brother Philip McKenna founded McKenna Metals Company in 1940, renamed Kennametal Inc. in 1943, a major steel cutting and mining manufacturer and distributor based in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Donald was an original partner of what became Kennametal and member of its board of directors.〔(McKenna v. Commission )〕 He became chairman of the board in 1969 and retired in 1978.〔(LA Times: Donald McKenna ). 27 November 1997 obituary.〕 With cousin Charles McKenna, he bred Arabian horses, winning numerous medals at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona. McKenna was a collector of Native American art, especially Hopi kachina dolls. He died at age 90, on 26 November 1997 at his home in Laguna Beach.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donald McKenna (philanthropist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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