Mellon family

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American family business dynasty

The Mellon family is a prominent American dynasty known for its vast banking and industrial fortune, major roles in politics and public service, and extensive philanthropic support of education, science, and the arts.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American family → business dynasty →
associatedWithOrganization	A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust → Alcoa → Carnegie Mellon University → Gulf Oil → Koppers Company → Mellon Bank → Mellon Financial Corporation → Mellon Foundation → Mellon Institute of Industrial Research → National Gallery of Art → Richard King Mellon Foundation →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
ethnicOrigin	Scots-Irish American →
fieldOfActivity	finance → industry → philanthropy → politics →
foundedBy	Thomas Mellon →
hasNotableMember	Ailsa Mellon Bruce → Andrew W. Mellon → Cordelia Scaife May → Paul Mellon → Richard B. Mellon → Richard King Mellon → Sarah Mellon → Thomas Mellon →
hasPoliticalRole	United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom → United States Secretary of the Treasury →
hasWealthFrom	aluminum industry → banking → chemicals → coal → oil industry →
knownAs	Mellon banking dynasty →
notableFor	banking → industrial investments → philanthropy → political influence →
originatedIn	Pittsburgh →
philanthropicFocus	arts → education → humanities → science →
stateOfOrigin	Pennsylvania →
timePeriodOfProminence	20th century → late 19th century →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Andrew W. Mellon ("Mellon") → Paul Mellon ("Mellon") → Richard B. Mellon ("Mellon") →	familyName
Mellon College of Science → Mellon Institute of Industrial Research →	namedAfter
East Building ("Andrew W. Mellon family") →	donor
Mellon family ("Mellon banking dynasty") →	knownAs
Richard B. Mellon →	memberOf