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William Russell Grace (May 10, 1832 – March 21, 1904) was an American politician, the first Roman Catholic mayor of New York City, and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company.
William Russell Grace, mayor of New York City, accepts the Statue of Liberty from the people of France. 1890 Grace inaugurates steamship service between New York and the west coast of South America.
May 14, 2018 · William Russell Grace (1832-1904), Irish-born American entrepreneur and politician, dominated commerce between Peru and the United States and promoted industrial and agricultural development in South America.
May 8, 2024 · William R. Grace was an American shipowner and founder of W.R. Grace & Co., a corporation that was for many years a dominant influence on the economy of South America’s west coast and, under the management of his heirs, became a multibillion-dollar conglomerate in the late 20th century.
Grace’s founder, William Russell Grace, was born in Ireland in 1832. The adventurous entrepreneur from County Cork, not only would establish a global enterprise, but would become New York City’s first Roman Catholic mayor.
His chief benevolent work was the foundation of the Grace Institute in May, 1897, which he dedicated to the memory of his parents. The object of this institution was to give free tuition to women in dressmaking, stenography, typewriting, bookkeeping, and domestic science.
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Philanthropist and merchant, born at Cork, Ireland, 10 May, 1832; died at New York, 21 March, 1904.
