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Armour (PHILIP DANFORTH an American)

PHILIP DANFORTH, an American merchant and philanthropist, born in Stockbridge, N. Y., May 16, 1832; received a common school educa- ROTATING BAND HARD FACE STEEL CASING HIGH OB EXPLOSIVE CAP 5 ↑ FUSE ARMOR-PIERCING SHELL ARMOUR INSTITUTE tion; was a miner in California in 1852- 1856; in the commission business in Milwaukee in 1856-1863; and later became the head of a large meat-packing concern in Chicago. He founded the Armour Mission and the Armour Institute of Technology, both in Chicago; the former at a cost of about $250,000, and the latter with an endowment of $1,500,000, subsequently increased. He died Jan. 6, 1901.

ARMOUR INSTITUTE OF TECH- NOLOGY, a coeducational (non-sectarian) institution, founded in Chicago, Ill., by Philip D. Armour, in 1893; 1893; reported in 1919: Professors, 67; students, 615; graduates, 1,216; president, F. W.

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