W. Freeland Kendrick

Artist / Maker Christian Petersen (Danish - American, 1885 - 1961)

Manufacturer Whitehead & Hoag (Newark, NJ)

MediumBronze

Dimensions118 x 79 mm

ClassificationsMedals, Medallions, and Coins

Credit LineGift of Richard Draper. In the Christian Petersen Art Collection, Christian Petersen Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberUM2019.274

Status

Not on view

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CultureAmerican

Label TextW. Freeland Kendrick (1873 – March 20, 1953) was the Republican Mayor of Philadelphia from 1924–28. He served as a delegate from Pennsylvania to the Republican National Convention in 1920, and served as the President of the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1926. Kendrick was also an active Shriner, serving as Potentate of Lulu Shrine from 1906–18, and again from 1920–23. He was elected Imperial Potentate from 1919–20 and served as the second chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Shriners from 1934–49. While he was serving as Imperial Potentate, he put forth the resolution that created the Shriners Hospitals for Children. From 1949 until his death, he served on the board of trustees for the Philadelphia Shriners Hospital.

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