Bernard Rapoport

A Guide to the Bernard Rapoport Papers, 1941-

• Author(s): Bernard Rapoport, University of Texas at Austin. Center for American History

• Categories: Capitalists and financiers

• Type: Book
• -
• Published: 2007
• -
• Publisher: Unknown

None

Report

• Author(s): United States. Congress. Senate

• Categories: United States

• Type: Book
• -
• Published: 1998
• -
• Publisher: Unknown

None

106-1 Committee Print: Witness Deposition Testimony, Investigation of Illegal Or Improper Activities in Connection with 1996 Federal Election Campaigns, S. Prt. 106-30, Part V of X 1999

• Type: Book
• -
• Published: 2000
• -
• Publisher: Unknown

None

The Foundation 1000

• Author(s): Foundation Center

• Categories: Business & Economics

• Type: Book
• -
• Published: 2002-10
• -
• Publisher: Unknown

None

Being Rapoport

• Author(s): Bernard Rapoport

• Categories: Biography & Autobiography

• Type: Book
• -
• Published: 2019-05-15
• -
• Publisher: University of Texas Press

Bernard Rapoport lived the American Dream. Born to Russian Jewish immigrant parents in San Antonio, Texas, in 1917, he grew up in poverty and worked his way through the University of Texas during the Great Depression. In 1951, he founded the American Income Life Insurance Company, which he developed into a multi-million-dollar business. Using his wealth to support a host of local, national, and international organizations, Rapoport was unstinting in his support for education, social justice, and liberal political causes. In this memoir, Rapoport explains how his early experiences of poverty and his youthful acquaintance with Marxists and New Deal economists shaped him into a capitalist with ...