The Chronicle of Philanthropy
LEGACIES

George A. Brakeley Jr., Fund Raiser

Age at death: 93

Major fund-raising job: Referred to as "the dean of American fund raising," George Brakeley began his career shortly before World War II, working at the fund-raising firm John Price Jones, which his father helped to found in 1919. He started his own consulting company, then eventually bought his father's firm,...

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