Frederick T. Gates (1853-1929) was a leading American philanthropist, and the main philanthropic advisor to John D. Rockefeller from 1891 to 1912. 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Davison Rockefeller, Sr. ...

The son of a Baptist minister, he graduated from the University of Rochester in 1877, and from the Rochester Theological Seminary in 1880. In 1880 he became pastor of the Central Baptist Church in Minneapolis. The University of Rochester is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research institution located in Rochester, New York. ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ...

He left the ministry and became an official of the American Baptist Education Society, where he met Rockefeller. He became a full-time business and philanthropic advisor to Rockefeller, whose wealth in 1902 was $200 million.

Gates designed the funding plans for the University of Chicago (serving for many years as a trustee) and the General Education Board (now defunct), which he ran as president. Gates designed the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University), of which he was board president. Finally, 1910-1913, he designed the Rockefeller Foundation. The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ... The General Education Board was a philanthopy created by John D. Rockefeller and Frederick T. Gates in 1902. ... Rockefeller University is a private university focusing primarily on graduate education and research in the biomedical fields, located between 63rd and 68th street on York Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan island in New York City, New York. ... The Rockefeller Foundation is a charitable organization based in New York City. ...

After leaving Rockefeller's employment in 1912 he remained on many boards.

References

• Allan Nevins, Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller, Industrialist and Philanthropist (1953);
• Starr, Harris Elwood, "Frederick T. Gates" in Dictionary of American Biography;;, Volume 4 (1931)
• General Education Board The General Education Board: An Account of Its Activities, 1902-1914 (1915)