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"The New York Times has been a vital part of our City thanks to the genius of Adolph Ochs and the ongoing leadership of the Sulzberger family," said Mayor Giuliani. "Over the last century there are just a few institutions in our City that have always been there to maintain and uplift New York City. In good times and bad, the New York Times is one of those institutions."
This event marks an unprecedented collaboration between four prominent New York cultural institutions. In honor of the 100th Anniversary of Ochs's purchase of the New York Times, the American Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library and the Pierpont Morgan Library will exhibit rarely displayed personal and archival materials dating from the mid-nineteenth century. In addition to these exhibitions, the New York Times is creating a series of educational programs for the Adolph S. Ochs School (P.S. 111) on 53rd Street and 10th Avenue in Manhattan. Under the supervision of the New York Times Company Foundation, new study units are being added in music, writing, computer technology, science and photography.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 12, 1858, Adolph Simon Ochs acquired the New York Times on August 18, 1896. During his first year of ownership, Mr. Ochs launched the Sunday Magazine, the Saturday Review of Books and Art, and the paper's slogan, "All the News That's Fit to Print." Adolph S. Ochs died in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 8, 1935. His daughter's, Iphigene Bertha Ochs, son-in-law, son, and grandson have succeeded Mr. Ochs as publisher.