The New York City Board of Alderman granted Brush the lighting contract by voting over the veto of New York City Mayor William Russell Grace.
William Russell Grace, mayor of New York and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company
His nephew Cecil Grace attempted a crossing of the English Channel in December 1910 in an aeroplane.
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In 1897, William R. Grace, twice Mayor of New York City, and his brother, Michael P. Grace, with the help and support of William’s wife, Lillius, established Grace Institute as a tuition-free nonsectarian educational and vocational school for immigrant women.
Under the leadership of Grace Institute President J. Peter Grace, grandson of William Russell Grace and chairman and chief executive officer of W. R. Grace & Co., the Institute chose to construct a new school on Second Avenue between 64th and 65th Streets.