Andrew W. Mellon

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art patron financier human industrialist philanthropist

Andrew W. Mellon was an American financier, industrialist, and philanthropist who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and became a major patron of the arts.

Aliases (1)

Andrew William Mellon ×1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art patron → financier → human → industrialist → philanthropist →
appointedBy	Warren G. Harding →
burialPlace	Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Virginia, United States →
causeOfDeath	cancer →
child	Ailsa Mellon Bruce → Paul Mellon →
coFounded	Mellon Bank →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1855-03-24 →
dateOfDeath	1937-08-26 →
donatedArtwork	European Old Master paintings →
donatedCollectionTo	National Gallery of Art →
educatedAt	University of Pittsburgh → Western University of Pennsylvania →
employer	Mellon Bank →
endTime	1932-02-12 (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury) →
familyName	Mellon →
father	Thomas Mellon →
founded	National Gallery of Art (through bequest and gift) →
fullName	Andrew William Mellon →
givenName	Andrew →
hasLegacy	Carnegie Mellon University (Mellon Institute component) → Mellon Institute of Industrial Research →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party (United States) →
middleName	William →
mother	Sarah Jane Negley Mellon →
namedAfter	Andrew W. Mellon Foundation →
notableWork	Mellon tax cuts of the 1920s → patronage leading to the founding of the National Gallery of Art → reduction of World War I public debt →
occupation	art collector → banker → financier → industrialist → philanthropist → politician →
owned	Alcoa → Carborundum Company → Gulf Oil → Koppers → Union Steel →
placeOfBirth	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	Southampton, New York, United States →
positionHeld	United States Secretary of the Treasury →
religion	Presbyterianism →
residence	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States → Washington, D.C., United States →
servedInCabinetOf	Calvin Coolidge → Herbert Hoover → Warren G. Harding →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Richard B. Mellon →
spouse	Nora McMullen →
startTime	1921-03-04 (as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury) →
workLocation	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States → Washington, D.C., United States →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research → National Gallery of Art →	foundedBy
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities → Mellon Institute of Industrial Research →	namedAfter
Herbert Hoover administration →	cabinetMember
Alba Madonna →	donatedBy
Andrew W. Mellon ("Andrew William Mellon") →	fullName
West Building →	fundedBy
Mellon family →	hasNotableMember
Alba Madonna →	previousOwner
Richard B. Mellon →	sibling