William Russell Grace

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William Russell Grace (born May 10, 1832, Cobh (Ireland); died March 21, 1904, New York) was the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York City and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company. He began his business career in Peru, where he was a partner with the firm of John Bryce, later to become Grace Brothers & Co., and then W. R. Grace & Co. He was a renowned philanthropist, at one point contributing a quarter of the aid delivered to Ireland during the famine of the later 1870s. He was elected mayor of New York City in 1880 and again for a second term in 1884. During his second term, he received the Statue of Liberty as a gift from France. In 1897, he and his brother, Michael, founded the Grace Institute for the education of women, especially immigrants.

[edit] See also

• W. R. Grace and Company

[edit] External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Clayton, Lawrence A. [1] "Grace, William Russell (1832-1904), merchant" in Irish Migration Studies in Latin America 4:4 October 2006 (www.irlandeses.org).

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