Editing George Eastman (section)

=== Philanthropy ===
During his lifetime, Eastman donated $100&nbsp;million to various organizations, becoming one of the major philanthropists in the United States during his lifetime.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zinsmeister |first=Karl |title=George Eastman |url=https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/people/hall-of-fame/detail/george-eastman |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108184838/https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/people/hall-of-fame/detail/george-eastman |archive-date=November 8, 2018 |access-date=March 9, 2020 |website=[[Philanthropy Roundtable]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Ford">{{cite book |last=Ford |first=Carin T. |title=George Eastman: The Kodak Camera Man |publisher=[[Enslow Publishing]] |year=2004 |isbn=0-7660-2247-1 |location=Berkeley Heights, NJ |oclc=52091133}}</ref> His largest donations went to the [[University of Rochester]] and to the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] to build their programs and facilities. Preferring to remain anonymous, he made donations under the alias "Mr. Smith". In 1918, he endowed the establishment of the [[Eastman School of Music]] at the University of Rochester, and in 1921 a school of medicine and dentistry there. In 1922, he founded the [[Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra]], hiring its first music director [[Albert Coates (musician)|Albert Coates]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |date=June 12, 1923 |title=Eastman Engages Conductor Coates; Famous British Musician to Direct the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. His First Concert Jan. 16 Guest Conductor of Symphony Society, Who Made a Deep Impression Here, Sails for London Today |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1923/06/12/archives/eastman-engages-conductor-coates-famous-british-musician-to-direct.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029172858/https://www.nytimes.com/1923/06/12/archives/eastman-engages-conductor-coates-famous-british-musician-to-direct.html |archive-date=October 29, 2021}}</ref> Figured for its value in 1932, the year of Eastman's death, $100 million is equivalent to more than $2 billion in 2022.<ref>"$100,000 in 1932 is Worth $2,133,047.45 Today", 
https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1932?amount=100000</ref>
[[File:Eastmanistitutet 2008g.jpg|thumb|right|[[Eastmaninstitutet]] (''The Eastman Institute'') in [[Stockholm]], Sweden]]
In 1915, Eastman provided funds for the establishment of the [[Eastman Dental Dispensary]] in Rochester.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Eastman Institute for Oral Health |url=https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/dentistry/about/history.aspx |access-date=January 7, 2023 |website=UR Medicine}}</ref> He donated £200,000 in 1926 to fund a dental clinic in London after being approached by the chairman of the [[Royal Free Hospital]], [[George Riddell, 1st Baron Riddell]]. Donations of £50,000 each had been made by Lord Riddell and the Royal Free honorary treasurer. On November 20, 1931, the [[UCL Eastman Dental Institute]] opened in a ceremony attended by [[Neville Chamberlain]], then Minister of Health, and the American Ambassador to the UK. The clinic was incorporated into the Royal Free Hospital and was committed to providing dental care for disadvantaged children from central London. It is now a part of [[University College London]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Black|first=Nick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKlUuwX8xCEC&pg=PA83|title=Walking London's Medical History|publisher=[[Royal Society of Medicine Press]]|year=2006|isbn=978-1-85315-619-9|location=London|oclc=76817853|access-date=October 1, 2016|archive-date=March 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327105436/https://books.google.com/books?id=YKlUuwX8xCEC&pg=PA83|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=January 2023}} In 1929 he founded the George Eastman Visiting Professorship at [[Oxford University|Oxford]], to be held each year by a different American scholar of the highest distinction. Eastman also funded [[Eastmaninstitutet]], a dental care clinic for children opened in 1937 in [[Stockholm]], Sweden.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X20uAQAAIAAJ&q=Eastmaninstitutet |title=Sociallagstiftning och socialt arbete i Sverige |date=1937 |publisher=[[National Board of Health and Welfare (Sweden)]] |pages=162 |language=sv |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>