Philanthropy Spencer Trask
1 philanthropy 1.1 arts 1.2 education 1.3 national armenian relief committee 1.4 other organizations philanthropy trask committed civic duty, public service, , philanthropy. arts trask dedicated arts. in lifetime president of national arts club, patron , member of municipal art society of new york, , metropolitan museum of art. @ time of death, trask s wealth had been diminished own generosity. education spencer trask founder , chairman of board of trustees teachers college, school of pedagogy of columbia university. actively interested in kindergarten association, , many years closely identified general theological seminary. trask founded public lecture series @ alma mater, princeton university in 1891, purpose of securing services of eminent men deliver public lectures before university on subjects of special interest . on years, lecturers have included niels bohr on structure of atom (1923–1924); arnold j. toynbee on near eastern affairs (1925–1926); t. s. eliot on bible , eng...