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years later to no avail. He sold a minority stake to Avron D. Fogelman with an option for Fogelman to buy enough to be majority owner in 1991, but Fogelman had financial trouble that led him to sell back to Kauffman in 1990. Reported to have lost $ 7 million in 1990, Kauffman advocated for revenue sharing. In April 1993, he announced a succession plan that would see the team funded for eight years after his death to go with a board running the team to search for a new owner (as the Royals upon his death would essentially be owned by local Kansas City charities), which had to be a resident of Kansas City that would agree to not move the team (if eight years passed, a non-resident could buy the team, but the money if the sale would be distributed to charities). In May, he announced a diagnosis of cancer and was soon inducted into the team Hall of Fame. Despite his protests, Jackson County decided to name Royals Stadium in his honor, doing so on July 2.
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backgrounds, get a quality education that would enable them to reach their full potential. He saw building enterprise as one of the most effective ways to realize individual promise and spur the economy. Today, the mission of the Kauffman Foundation follows his vision by focusing its grant making and operations on two areas: advancing entrepreneurship and improving the education of children and youth.
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eligible for the program, parents also had to agree to be involved in their child's education by attending meetings and participating in parent/teacher organizations and other activities. The program remained active until 2001. During those years, it expanded to five other high schools in the Kansas City metro area.
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as the first general manager for the team, as he liked what he saw from Tallis when he was an executive of the Los Angeles Angels during their process of becoming a team in 1961. Described by one historian as "too far too ahead of his time" in terms of his management style in innovations, he strived
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In 1988, Kauffman launched Project Choice to the Westport High School Class of 1992. Project Choice promised to fund post-secondary education to all students who stayed in school, did not use drugs, did not become pregnant, and were committed to being an upstanding citizen in the community. To be
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Kauffman had planned to sell the team by the 1980s. He had tried to sell a significant interest in the club (with an option to become majority owner down the road) to Michael Shapiro in the winter of 1982. This fell apart when Shapiro could not come up with the deposit; Shapiro sued Kauffman a few
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in the mid-1960s with the same sense of opportunity he brought to his business endeavors, and, with the same convictions. Kauffman wanted his foundation to be innovative – to fundamentally change people's lives. He wanted to help young people, especially those from disadvantaged
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a few months later; the stadium features included a privately funded fountain system that was among the largest in the world. While the Royals did not win a pennant in their fifth season, they won their first division title in 1976 before finally breaking through with a pennant in
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with a $ 5,000 investment. The company was originally run out of his house, and there were four employees, consisting of Kauffman and his close friends. He reportedly chose to use his middle name, rather than his surname, in order to not appear to be a one-man operation.
292:. Kauffman earned a 20 percent commissions on his sales, and eventually earned more than the president of the company. Kauffman became angry with the company and left in 1950 after it decreased his sales territory and cut his commission. 234:. When Kauffman was a child, his father was in a farming accident which left him blind in his right eye. Following the accident, his father relocated the family to Kansas City, where he worked as a life insurance salesman. 410:. Five years later, the Royals won the Series, although it was their last playoff appearance under Kauffman as owner. They reached the postseason seven times in 24 full seasons (1969-1992) with Kauffman as an owner. 237:
As a child, Kauffman loved reading. When he was 11, he had to leave school for a year, due to a heart valve that would not close completely. During this year, Kauffman taught himself how to
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to have the finest organization in baseball, setting a goal for a pennant in five years. Seeing the need to develop players into athletes, he established the
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With Kauffman as chairman, Marion Laboratories had revenues of $ 930 million in 1988, the year before it merged with Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals to form
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in 1971, although it closed three years later due to costs, much to the subsequent regret of Kauffman. He entertained the notions of
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as a signalman. He served in both Europe and the Philippines; after his discharge in 1945, he returned to Kansas City.
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Kauffman was an active youth who participated in various sports, and performed very well in school. He was also an
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In 1947, Kauffman became a commissioned salesman for Lincoln Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company based in
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as part of the 2008 class; but was not elected. He was later nominated and elected to the
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as a member of Boy Scout Troop and Ship 100 at Faxon School in Kansas City, Missouri
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of the new company. The company sale created more than 300 millionaires.
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Ewing Kauffman was born on September 21, 1916, on a farm near
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Skodack, Debra; Crumpley, Charles R. T. (August 2, 1993).
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On November 8, 2007, Kauffman was nominated to enter the
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In 1942, Kauffman joined the military and served in the
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Philanthropists from the Kansas City metropolitan area
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After leaving Lincoln Laboratories, Kauffman formed
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Mission Hills, Kansas
Westport High School
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German-Americans
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Decatur, Illinois
Marion Laboratories
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