Rudolf F. Haffenreffer

Rudolf F. Haffenreffer III (c. 1902 – April 28, 1991) was a Rhode Island industrialist and philanthropist. Among his numerous family enterprises he was best known for his role as president and chairman of the Narragansett Brewing Company. He also received the Mount Hope Bridge in receivership in 1931.^[1][2] In 1955 Haffenreffer donated 376 acres (1.52 km²) of wooded shorefront property in Bristol, Rhode Island to Brown University to create what would become the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.

See also

• Haffenreffer Brewery
• Private Stock (malt liquor)

Notes

1. ↑ "Rudolf F. Haffenreffer Room". Mount Hope Farm. 2007. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
2. ↑ "About the Farm: Mount Hope Farm, from Settlement to the Present". Mount Hope Farm. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 

Further reading

• "Rudolf F. Haffenreffer 3d, Industrialist, 88". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1 May 1991. Retrieved 25 October 2011.  Obituary.