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conscientious spirit the duties involved. Though already heavily 

 burdened he accepted a position as member of the board of the 

 newly-founded Drexel Institute in 1892 and served until 1909. Here 

 again his close association with Mr. Anthony J. Drexel, who fre- 

 quently talked over with him the plans of the proposed endowment, 

 enabled him to play' a particularly valuable part in bringing about 

 the consummation of the purpose which Mr. Drexel had in mind. 



Another achievement of a notable character was Mr. Rosen- 

 garten's participation in the activities of the Free Library, estab- 

 lished in February, 1891, through the efforts mainly of the late Dr. 

 William Pepper, and prompted by a large bequest of the late George 

 S. Pepper, which was made available for the Free Library. He 

 was elected a member of the board in 1895 and sterved till 191 1. 

 For ten years from 1899 till 1909 he took upon himself the added 

 responsibilities of president of the institution. It was largely 

 through him that the Free Library obtained the splendid gift of one 

 and a half millions from the late Andrew Carnegie, for the estab- 

 lishment of thirty branches ; and it is interesting to note in this con- 

 nection, as an example of. the manner in which seeds of kindness 

 take root and in due time bring forth fruit, that it was the elder 

 Rosengarten's aid and encouragement given to the young Carnegie 

 at the time when he acted as secretary of President Thomas A. Scott 

 of the Pennsylvania Railroad, that proved to be a strong factor in 

 inducing Mr. Carnegie to respond to an appeal made to him by the 

 son of the man who had helped Mr. Carnegie in his own career. 



]\Ir. Rosengarten's services to the University of Pennsylvania 

 constitute a chapter by itself. From the day that he was graduated 

 from the old college on Ninth Street, in 1852, up to his resignation 

 as trustee in 1918, he was incessant in his efforts to help every 

 movement looking toward the expansion of the university. There 

 is literally no department of the university which does not bear evi- 

 dence of his interest and of his generosity. 



At all times active in the aff'airs of the College Alumni Society, 

 he served as president for many years, 1895 to 1905, and as a mem- 

 ber of the board of managers up to a few years before his death. 

 It was as the representative of the Alumni Society that he was 

 elected to the board of trustees in 1896; and, in 1907, his Alma 



