F. E. ANDREWS DIES; FOUNDATION EXPERT
Author of 30 Books Was Head of a Fund Center in New York and Russell Sage Official
By WOLFGANG SAXON
F. Emerson Andrews, an author, foundation consultant and former president of the Foundation Center in New York, died Monday in a Burlington, Vt., hospital near his summer home on Isle La Motte in Lake Champlain. He was 76 years old and lived in Tenafly, N. J.
As the longtime director of publications and philanthropic research at the Russell Sage Foundation, Mr. Andrews won a reputation as the country's leading "foundation watcher," a man who probably knew as much as anyone in the country about how such tax-exempt organizations worked and where they got and spent their funds.
In 1956, he was asked to help organize what was first named the Foundation Library Center, of which he then became director and president. He retired in 1967 but remained a consultant and continued as a freelance writer of books and articles.
It was during his three decades of work with the Russell Sage Foundation that Mr. Andrews started his watch on the rapid growth of tax-exempt funds. At the Foundation Center, he edited the Foundation Directory, a periodic publication that first appeared in 1960. Published by the Russell Sage Foundation, the directory for the first time presented a compilation of more than 5,000 foundations with assets topping $11 billion, listing their worth and grants.
Mr. Andrews had long called for full disclosure of assets and activities by foundations and in 1964 he drafted a code to encourage all foundations to follow the example of the larger, more conspicuous ones and avoid shoddy management practices and financial sleight of hand. The Foundation Directory similarly aimed at disclosure as did the center's libraries, where the public could find the data the center staff had collected through questionnaires, field work and the study of government records.
As an expert witness at legislative hearings, Mr. Andrews criticized the practices of some foundations that solicited money from the public and spent most of it on anything but the stated cause. But he said such abuse was the exception, and he once accused a Congressional committee of "rabble-rousing" by exaggerating the incidence of foundation boon-doggling.
He once named his own favorite charity racket the "Fund for the Widow of the Unknown Soldier".
Mr. Andrews, who was a native of Lancaster, Pa., served as a consultant for the National Science Foundation and sat on the Tenafly Planning Board from 1936 to 1962. He worked for the Macmillan Company before joining the Russell Sage Foundation in 1928.
His more than 30 books ranged from studies in his field to novels and children's books to works in praise of the duodecimal system. The titles included "Corporation Giving", "Philanthropic Foundations", "Grugan's God", Upside-Down Town", "Knights and Daze", "Numbers, Please", and "Tenafly Public Library: A History."
Mr. Andrews is survived by his wife, the former Edith Lilian Severance; three sons, Frank M., Peter Bruce and Bryant; and six grandchildren.
A funeral service has been scheduled for 2 P.M. Saturday in the Christ Chapel of the Riverside Church, Riverside Drive at 122d Street, where Mr. Andrews formerly served as chairman of the board of deacons.
New York Times, August 9, 1978.
Emerson's name and dates are carved on his wife's tombstone, but his ashes are in Riverside Church Columbarium.
Author of 30 Books Was Head of a Fund Center in New York and Russell Sage Official
By WOLFGANG SAXON
F. Emerson Andrews, an author, foundation consultant and former president of the Foundation Center in New York, died Monday in a Burlington, Vt., hospital near his summer home on Isle La Motte in Lake Champlain. He was 76 years old and lived in Tenafly, N. J.
As the longtime director of publications and philanthropic research at the Russell Sage Foundation, Mr. Andrews won a reputation as the country's leading "foundation watcher," a man who probably knew as much as anyone in the country about how such tax-exempt organizations worked and where they got and spent their funds.
In 1956, he was asked to help organize what was first named the Foundation Library Center, of which he then became director and president. He retired in 1967 but remained a consultant and continued as a freelance writer of books and articles.
It was during his three decades of work with the Russell Sage Foundation that Mr. Andrews started his watch on the rapid growth of tax-exempt funds. At the Foundation Center, he edited the Foundation Directory, a periodic publication that first appeared in 1960. Published by the Russell Sage Foundation, the directory for the first time presented a compilation of more than 5,000 foundations with assets topping $11 billion, listing their worth and grants.
Mr. Andrews had long called for full disclosure of assets and activities by foundations and in 1964 he drafted a code to encourage all foundations to follow the example of the larger, more conspicuous ones and avoid shoddy management practices and financial sleight of hand. The Foundation Directory similarly aimed at disclosure as did the center's libraries, where the public could find the data the center staff had collected through questionnaires, field work and the study of government records.
As an expert witness at legislative hearings, Mr. Andrews criticized the practices of some foundations that solicited money from the public and spent most of it on anything but the stated cause. But he said such abuse was the exception, and he once accused a Congressional committee of "rabble-rousing" by exaggerating the incidence of foundation boon-doggling.
He once named his own favorite charity racket the "Fund for the Widow of the Unknown Soldier".
Mr. Andrews, who was a native of Lancaster, Pa., served as a consultant for the National Science Foundation and sat on the Tenafly Planning Board from 1936 to 1962. He worked for the Macmillan Company before joining the Russell Sage Foundation in 1928.
His more than 30 books ranged from studies in his field to novels and children's books to works in praise of the duodecimal system. The titles included "Corporation Giving", "Philanthropic Foundations", "Grugan's God", Upside-Down Town", "Knights and Daze", "Numbers, Please", and "Tenafly Public Library: A History."
Mr. Andrews is survived by his wife, the former Edith Lilian Severance; three sons, Frank M., Peter Bruce and Bryant; and six grandchildren.
A funeral service has been scheduled for 2 P.M. Saturday in the Christ Chapel of the Riverside Church, Riverside Drive at 122d Street, where Mr. Andrews formerly served as chairman of the board of deacons.
New York Times, August 9, 1978.
Emerson's name and dates are carved on his wife's tombstone, but his ashes are in Riverside Church Columbarium.
F. E. ANDREWS DIES; FOUNDATION EXPERT
Author of 30 Books Was Head of a Fund Center in New York and Russell Sage Official
By WOLFGANG SAXON
F. Emerson Andrews, an author, foundation consultant and former president of the Foundation Center in New York, died Monday in a Burlington, Vt., hospital near his summer home on Isle La Motte in Lake Champlain. He was 76 years old and lived in Tenafly, N. J.
As the longtime director of publications and philanthropic research at the Russell Sage Foundation, Mr. Andrews won a reputation as the country's leading "foundation watcher," a man who probably knew as much as anyone in the country about how such tax-exempt organizations worked and where they got and spent their funds.
In 1956, he was asked to help organize what was first named the Foundation Library Center, of which he then became director and president. He retired in 1967 but remained a consultant and continued as a freelance writer of books and articles.
It was during his three decades of work with the Russell Sage Foundation that Mr. Andrews started his watch on the rapid growth of tax-exempt funds. At the Foundation Center, he edited the Foundation Directory, a periodic publication that first appeared in 1960. Published by the Russell Sage Foundation, the directory for the first time presented a compilation of more than 5,000 foundations with assets topping $11 billion, listing their worth and grants.
Mr. Andrews had long called for full disclosure of assets and activities by foundations and in 1964 he drafted a code to encourage all foundations to follow the example of the larger, more conspicuous ones and avoid shoddy management practices and financial sleight of hand. The Foundation Directory similarly aimed at disclosure as did the center's libraries, where the public could find the data the center staff had collected through questionnaires, field work and the study of government records.
As an expert witness at legislative hearings, Mr. Andrews criticized the practices of some foundations that solicited money from the public and spent most of it on anything but the stated cause. But he said such abuse was the exception, and he once accused a Congressional committee of "rabble-rousing" by exaggerating the incidence of foundation boon-doggling.
He once named his own favorite charity racket the "Fund for the Widow of the Unknown Soldier".
Mr. Andrews, who was a native of Lancaster, Pa., served as a consultant for the National Science Foundation and sat on the Tenafly Planning Board from 1936 to 1962. He worked for the Macmillan Company before joining the Russell Sage Foundation in 1928.
His more than 30 books ranged from studies in his field to novels and children's books to works in praise of the duodecimal system. The titles included "Corporation Giving", "Philanthropic Foundations", "Grugan's God", Upside-Down Town", "Knights and Daze", "Numbers, Please", and "Tenafly Public Library: A History."
Mr. Andrews is survived by his wife, the former Edith Lilian Severance; three sons, Frank M., Peter Bruce and Bryant; and six grandchildren.
A funeral service has been scheduled for 2 P.M. Saturday in the Christ Chapel of the Riverside Church, Riverside Drive at 122d Street, where Mr. Andrews formerly served as chairman of the board of deacons.
New York Times, August 9, 1978.
Emerson's name and dates are carved on his wife's tombstone, but his ashes are in Riverside Church Columbarium.
Author of 30 Books Was Head of a Fund Center in New York and Russell Sage Official
By WOLFGANG SAXON
F. Emerson Andrews, an author, foundation consultant and former president of the Foundation Center in New York, died Monday in a Burlington, Vt., hospital near his summer home on Isle La Motte in Lake Champlain. He was 76 years old and lived in Tenafly, N. J.
As the longtime director of publications and philanthropic research at the Russell Sage Foundation, Mr. Andrews won a reputation as the country's leading "foundation watcher," a man who probably knew as much as anyone in the country about how such tax-exempt organizations worked and where they got and spent their funds.
In 1956, he was asked to help organize what was first named the Foundation Library Center, of which he then became director and president. He retired in 1967 but remained a consultant and continued as a freelance writer of books and articles.
It was during his three decades of work with the Russell Sage Foundation that Mr. Andrews started his watch on the rapid growth of tax-exempt funds. At the Foundation Center, he edited the Foundation Directory, a periodic publication that first appeared in 1960. Published by the Russell Sage Foundation, the directory for the first time presented a compilation of more than 5,000 foundations with assets topping $11 billion, listing their worth and grants.
Mr. Andrews had long called for full disclosure of assets and activities by foundations and in 1964 he drafted a code to encourage all foundations to follow the example of the larger, more conspicuous ones and avoid shoddy management practices and financial sleight of hand. The Foundation Directory similarly aimed at disclosure as did the center's libraries, where the public could find the data the center staff had collected through questionnaires, field work and the study of government records.
As an expert witness at legislative hearings, Mr. Andrews criticized the practices of some foundations that solicited money from the public and spent most of it on anything but the stated cause. But he said such abuse was the exception, and he once accused a Congressional committee of "rabble-rousing" by exaggerating the incidence of foundation boon-doggling.
He once named his own favorite charity racket the "Fund for the Widow of the Unknown Soldier".
Mr. Andrews, who was a native of Lancaster, Pa., served as a consultant for the National Science Foundation and sat on the Tenafly Planning Board from 1936 to 1962. He worked for the Macmillan Company before joining the Russell Sage Foundation in 1928.
His more than 30 books ranged from studies in his field to novels and children's books to works in praise of the duodecimal system. The titles included "Corporation Giving", "Philanthropic Foundations", "Grugan's God", Upside-Down Town", "Knights and Daze", "Numbers, Please", and "Tenafly Public Library: A History."
Mr. Andrews is survived by his wife, the former Edith Lilian Severance; three sons, Frank M., Peter Bruce and Bryant; and six grandchildren.
A funeral service has been scheduled for 2 P.M. Saturday in the Christ Chapel of the Riverside Church, Riverside Drive at 122d Street, where Mr. Andrews formerly served as chairman of the board of deacons.
New York Times, August 9, 1978.
Emerson's name and dates are carved on his wife's tombstone, but his ashes are in Riverside Church Columbarium.
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