The MILDRED ANDREWS FUND, established in Cleveland in 1972 by PETER PUTNAM, was ranked the 4th largest independent foundation in northeast Ohio in 1990. The private operating foundation has funded HIGHER EDUCATION and ART, with an emphasis on sculpture.
MITCHELL, L. PEARL (June 1883-6 Sept. 1974), civil-rights activist, was born in Wilberforce, Ohio to Amanda M. and Dr. Samuel T. Mitchell, president of Wilberforce College, from which she received a bachelor's degree.
MONTGOMERY REV. ANZO (13 July 1918-8 Aug. 1991) worked in Cleveland to help gain civil rights for AFRICAN AMERICANS, while serving first as pastor of the Lane Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (1965-78) and then as general secretary of evangelism for the denomination (1978-82). He helped register voters in Cleveland with Dr.
MORGAN, DANIEL EDGAR (7 Aug. 1877-1 May 1949), councilman, state senator, city manager, and judge, was born in Oak Hill, Ohio, to Elias and Elizabeth Jones Morgan. He received his B.A. from Oberlin College (1897) and LL.B. from Harvard Law School (1901).
MORIARTY, ELAINE M. (11 Dec. 1899-25 Apr. 1994) was noted community volunteer who worked with numerous social service organizations.
MT. ST. MARY'S INSTITUTE was a home for orphaned, neglected, and abandoned girls. Established by the Catholic Sisters of Notre Dame in 1884, it was among the order's first missions in Cleveland. In 1875 the Sisters, who had come to Cleveland from their native Germany in 1874, purchased land at the southwest corner of today's Buckeye Rd. and Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP. Since 1890, when populist Dr. LOUIS B. TUCKERMAN first called for the city to build and operate an electric light plant, the question of municipally owned public utilities has provoked continuous, and often acrimonious, debate.
The MURCH FOUNDATION was incorporated in 1956 by investment banker MAYNARD HALE MURCH. The foundation supports museums and cultural programs, secondary and HIGHER EDUCATION, and community recreation and hospitals, primarily in Ohio.
MURCH, MAYNARD HALE (3 Nov. 1874-28 Feb. 1966) founded the Maynard H. Murch Co. and was called the dean of area investment bankers. He was a conservationist, philanthropist and promoter of the natural sciences.
MURPHY, SR., MURLAN J. “JERRY” (June 27, 1918 - April 18, 2009) was a philanthropist and businessman who developed Murphy Oil Soap into a national brand, as president of The MURPHY-PHOENIX COMPANY.
The MUSIC SETTLEMENT (incorporated April 25, 1912 as the Cleveland Music School Settlement) began with fifty pupils, and was designed to provide free or inexpensive musical training for the children and wage earners of Cleveland's newly arriving immigrant population.
NARAL OHIO (NATIONAL ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE OF OHIO), founded in 1976 as the Cleveland Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL), works through the political process (see POLITICS) to "guarantee every person the right to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices. . .
NASH, HELEN MILLIKIN (21 Feb. 1893-31 Aug. 1990), was an original trustee of the Shaker Lakes Regional Nature Center whose interest in the preservation of open space contributed to local efforts to create the center.
The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP), Cleveland Branch, is an interracial organization formed to fight discrimination against AFRICAN AMERICANS. It was established 12 Dec. 1912, 3 years after the creation of the national organization.
The NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN (NOW), established locally in 1970 (4 years after the national founding), has advocated women's rights and promoted women's issues. Cleveland NOW was established largely through the efforts of Lois G. Adams, first president of the local chapter.
NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS INC. is a non-profit corporation created in 1988 by CLEVELAND TOMORROW,
NORTH COAST HARBOR, INC., is a private, nonprofit agency created as the North Coast Development Corp. to plan and manage development of NORTH COAST HARBOR, primarily the area along the lakefront from the Cuyahoga River to the E. 9th St. area.
NORTH, JESSE (JACK) E., (15 May 1884-1 July 1953) was a nationally recognized leader in the electrical industry and active in a variety of philanthropic activities in northeastern Ohio. North was born in Dayton, Ohio, to Enoch North, day laborer, and Ida Bond North. He completed high school at New Carlisle, Ohio in 1902.
The NORTHERN OHIO SANITARY FAIR (22 Feb.-10 Mar. 1864) was organized by women of the SOLDIERS' AID SOCIETY OF NORTHERN OHIO to raise funds to assist soldiers during the Civil War. It was patterned after a similar event that had been staged in Chicago.
NORTON, DAVID Z. (1 June 1851-6 Jan. 1928), banker, partner in OGLEBAY NORTON CO., and philanthropist, was born in Cleveland to Washington Adams and Caroline Harper Norton. He began in banking as a messenger for Commercial Natl. Bank in 1868, becoming cashier at 21. In 1890, at the urging of his friend JOHN D.
NORTON, LAURENCE HARPER (8 May 1888-11 June 1960), director (1927-60) and treasurer (1957-60) of OGLEBAY NORTON CO., and president of the WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, was born in Cleveland to Mary Castle and DAVID Z. NORTON.
NORWEB, EMERY MAY HOLDEN (30 Nov. 1895-27 Mar. 1984), benefactress, officer, and trustee of the CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART, was born to Albert Fairchild and Katherine Davis Holden. Norweb was also the granddaughter of LIBERTY E.
OHIO CITIZEN ACTION is the state's largest environmental organization, with 80,000 dues paying members, and the largest canvass-based state organization in the nation. Sandy Buchanan has been Ohio Citizen Action's Executive Director since 1993.
OHIO REGIONAL COUNCIL OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF AMERICA, INC., was established in Cleveland in 1957. In 1995 it united 5 branches (8, 12, 33, Cleveland; 69, Lorain; and 116, Erie, PA) under the leadership of Iwanna Skarupa, president. The council has 160 members.
