RG LeTourneau yes THAT RG LeTourneau was a very cool footnote in an old binder I dusted off a the Mission recently.
RG spend a few years in Peoria, innovating in the field of earth-moving equipment. In the process, he became very successful. Believing that one cannot outgive God, RG decided to keep 10% and give 90%. His enterprises were very successful from his industrial processes to beginning the Christian Businessmen's Committee (CBMC). The Lord honored him in life and after, when LeTourneau Christian University was founded.
As it turns out, to no one's surprise and to my total joy, RG was a major donor to South Side Mission in 1945. Thanks RG for investing some of that 90% here.
Incidentally, there's a statue of RG LeTourneau in Glen Oak Park, over by the tennis courts!
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