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- NAME: Andrew Mellon
- OCCUPATION: Economist, Government Official
- BIRTH DATE: March 24, 1855
- DEATH DATE: August 26, 1937
- EDUCATION: Western University, University of Pittsburgh
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- PLACE OF DEATH: Southampton, New York
- Full Name: Andrew William Mellon
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Andrew Mellon a financier and philanthropist who served as secretary of the Treasury under three U.S. Presidents. He funded the National Gallery of Art.
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Andrew Mellon took over his father's bank and built up a financial-industrial empire. He founded Alcoa, Gulf Oil and Union Steel and by the early 1920s was one of the richest men in the US. Mellon was appointed to head the U.S. Treasury by President Harding and continued under Coolidge and Hoover. His fortune and art collection were the basis for the National Gallery of Art. He died in 1937.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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