Irving S. Olds
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Irving Sands Olds (1887–1963) was an American lawyer and
Early life
Irving Sands Olds was born in
Career
In 1915, Olds was hired as counsel by
After a stint in
Personal life
Olds led the Council for Financial Aid to Education, an organization that directed corporation donations to universities. He spent two years as the President of the
Olds's collection served as an inspiration to his wife, Evelyn Foster Olds. An amateur painter, she took the themes and images she found in Olds's prints and painted them on trays and other objects. In February 1957, Harry Shaw Newman organized an exhibition of her work at the Old Print Shop in New York. The following year, Evelyn's work was shown at the Peabody Museum and, in cooperation with the United States National Museum and the United States Marine Corps Museum, at the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building.[10]
Olds died in March 4, 1963[11], and was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery, in the Bronx.
Legacy
In 1942, the American Ship Building Company constructed the SS Irving Olds, named in honor of Olds, for the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. The ship was sold to U.S. Steel in 1952 and was eventually scrapped in 1988.[12] On April 13, 1945, an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship, the USS Montague (AKA-98) was commissioned, sponsored by Mrs. Irving S. Olds which served for 10 years and 7 months.[13]
His art collection and
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-403-09950-1.
- ^ "1900 U.S. Census". Ancestry.com. National Archives & Records Administration. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Corporate Clients". White & Case. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "TimesMachine: Monday April 21, 1947 - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ "TimesMachine: Saturday July 27, 1957 - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ "Pell W. Foster Sr".
- ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 5 March 1963". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ IRVING S.OLDS,76, OF U.S. STEEL, DIES; Former Board Chairman Also Won Fame as a Lawyer. The New York Times, New York, 1963-03-05
- ^ "The Philadelphia Inquirer, 5 June 1940". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Guide to the Irving S. Olds Collection of Naval and Other Historical Prints and Related Papers 1587–1960 PR 47".
- ^ The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1962. p. 8.
- ^ "OLDS, IRVING S." Great Lakes Vessels Online Index.
- ^ "Attack Cargo Ship AKA-98 Montague".
- ^ "Guide to the Irving S. Olds Collection of Naval and Other Historical Prints and Related Papers". NYU Libraries. Retrieved 26 April 2019.