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'''Armand Hammer''' (deceased 1991) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Hammer Wikipedia article] Among his legacies is the Armand Hammer United World College of the American West (now generally called the UWC-USA, part of the [[United World Colleges]]).
"Dr. Armand Hammer was the chairman and founder of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. He was a philanthropist, entrepreneur, art collector, medical doctor, citizen-diplomat, friend of heads-of-state, world traveler and visionary. He served as the Chairman of President Ronald Reagan’s Cancer Panel for eight years. During this time, Dr Hammer experienced first-hand the high demand for cancer research grants and the inability to fill them based on lack of funds. His vision for a nationally focused campaign dedicated to funding cancer research became clear and with the help of good friend, [[Sherry Lansing]], [[STOP CANCER ]] was born. Until his death in December 1990 at age 92-1/2, he literally worked around the clock seven days a week to make difference and see his vision fulfilled."<ref>Stop Cancer [http://www.stopcancer.org/Main/default/t-history.aspx History], organizational web page, accessed February 27, 2013.</ref>
"In the early 1950s, [[Occidental Petroleum]]'s Armand Hammer, a satrap of the Rockefellers, negotiated a deal with Russian dictator Joseph Stalin to buy his oil--thus effectively stealing it from the Russian people." [http://rescueattempt.tripod.com/id24.html]
