Harry Lynde Bradley

Harry Lynde Bradley (January 5, 1885 – July 23, 1965), the brother of Lynde Bradley, was the co-founder of the Allen-Bradley Company and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.[1] He "became deeply involved in conservative causes",[2] with "a strong sense of anti-communism animat[ing] his political beliefs".[2] He supported Robert A. Taft for the Presidency in 1952, and Barry Goldwater in 1964.[2]

Harry Lynde Bradley
Born(1885-01-05)January 5, 1885
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
DiedJuly 23, 1965(1965-07-23) (aged 80)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Resting placeForest Home Cemetery
NationalityAmerican
OccupationInventor
EmployerAllen-Bradley
Known forThe Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation

The Foundation, however, remained relatively small-scale until twenty years after Bradley's death, with the billion-dollar sale of Allen-Bradley to Rockwell Automation, which swelled the Foundation's assets from around $14m to around $290m.[2]

His adopted daughter, Marion Bradley Via, lived in Virginia, and died in 1993.[3] His daughter Jane Bradley Pettit, a philanthropist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died in 2001.[4]

Books
  • Gurda, John (1992). The Bradley legacy: Lynde and Harry Bradley, their company, and their foundation. Milwaukee, Wis.: Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. LCCN 92081974. OCLC 26821637.

References
  1. Bradley family has made a tradition of giving, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 6, 1985
  2. John J. Miller (2003), "The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation", in How Two Foundations Reshaped America, Philanthropy Roundtable
  3. His son Harry Lynda Bradley Junior died February 13,1995. Lived in Massachusetts. Bradley heir Via dies in Virginia, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 5, 1993
  4. Jane Pettit was philanthropist beyond compare, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 16, 2001
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