1 Trump International Hotel and Tower New York: Trump provided his name and expertise to the building's owner (GE) during the building's re-development in 1994 for a fee totaling $40 million ($25 million for project management and $15 million in incentives deriving from the condo sales).
Ombudsmen can be found in government, corporations, hospitals, universities and other institutions. The first ombudsman was appointed in 1809 in Sweden to handle citizensâ complaints about the government. The word is pronounced âom-BUDS-manâ and is Scandinavian in origin.
George Washington Carver was the first African American on the faculty at the Ames Agricultural College. By this time, he had developed a reputation, and was known as the âPlant Doctorâ, because of his keen interest in the local flora and fauna. Carver was asked to join the Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, by none other than Booker T Washington. He moved there in 1896. He was there for the next 50 years! During this time, he taught students, and pursued his research simultaneously.