Henry Charles Grawemeyer (1912-1993)

Henry Charles Grawemeyer

Birth

3 Sep 1912

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

Death

8 Dec 1993 (aged 81)

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA

Burial

Cave Hill Cemetery

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SECTION 26 Lot 147

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Businessman, Philanthropist. Best known for creating the Grawemeyer Awards - international awards in music composistion, world order, education, psychology and religion. The $200,000 each recipient recieves make these awards among the largest world wide. Winners have included former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlan Brundtland.

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Lucy Mildred Martin Grawemeyer

1915–1997

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