Rudolf F. Haffenreffer
American businessman and philanthropist
About Rudolf F. Haffenreffer
Lived 1902 – 1991 (aged 88–89). Rudolf F. Haffenreffer was an American.
Rudolf F. Haffenreffer III (c. 1902 – April 28, 1991) was a Rhode Island industrialist whose family businesses included the Narragansett Brewing Company, of which he was president and chairman. He also gained ownership of the Mount Hope Bridge through receivership in 1931. In 1955, he donated of wooded shorefront property in Bristol, Rhode Island to Brown University to create what became the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.
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Who was Rudolf F. Haffenreffer?
American businessman and philanthropist
When was Rudolf F. Haffenreffer born?
Rudolf F. Haffenreffer was born in 1902.
When did Rudolf F. Haffenreffer die?
Rudolf F. Haffenreffer died in 1991.
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Rudolf F. Haffenreffer was American.
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