Don Alonzo Watson
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Don Alonzo Watson (June 15, 1807 - January 1, 1892) was a Rochester, New York businessman and philanthropist who, with Hiram Sibley helped found Western Union. Watson purchased a building for Rochester Homeopathic Hospital which became Genesee Hospital in Rochester[1]. Watson also endowed a professorship to the University of Rochester in acknowledgment of the college's achievements in Political Science and History.[2] He is buried near Sibley in Mount Hope Cemetery.
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- ^ The History of the Genesee Hospital, Via Health
- ^ Political Scientist Appointed to Watson Professorship, University of Rochester Press Releases
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