| Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis |
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Curtis was born in Portland, Maine , and entered the publishing business there with a weekly newspaper. He founded the Philadelphia-based Curtis Publishing Company , which published the '' Ladies' Home Journal '' and the '' Saturday Evening Post '', as well as several other magazines and newspapers. He was also known for his philanthropy to hospitals, museums, and schools. He obtained a pipe organ manufactured by the Austin Organ Company which had been displayed at the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition Of 1926 and donated it to the University Of Pennsylvania . It was built into Irvine Auditorium when the building was constructed and is known to this day as the Curtis Organ . It is one of the largest Pipe Organ s in the world. List of World's Largest Pipe Organs Curtis died on June 7, . Accessed August 29 , 2007 . REFERENCES SEE ALSO
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