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Proclamation honoring in memoriam Richard M. Scaife, ideologue, philanthropist, newspaper owner and publisher of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
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WHEREAS, Mr. Richard “Dick” Mellon Scaife, ideologue, philanthropist, newspaper owner and publisher of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review passed away on July 4, 2014, at the age of 82; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Scaife was born July 3, 1932, at Magee-Women’s Hospital in Oakland, the second child of industrialist Alan Scaife and Sarah Mellon Scaife, an heir to the Mellon banking and industrial fortune; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Scaife and his sister, the late Cordelia May, grew up in Shadyside and at Penguin Court, the family estate in Ligonier, Westmoreland County. The 50-room home got its name from 10 penguins that roamed the grounds; his mother bought the birds during a national craze over the exploits of Antarctic explorer Richard Byrd; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Scaife graduated from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts; He attended Yale University, his father’s alma mater, before graduating in 1957 from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in British history; and
WHEREAS, after the death of his father in 1958, and his mother in 1965, Mr. Scaife immersed himself in the family’s business interests and he took on a greater philanthropic role; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Scaife provided financial support to conservative groups that included the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute and the American Enterprise Institute. In the 1990s, Mr. Scaife spurred the creation of the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy, which became a conservative voice on Western Pennsylvania issues; and
WHEREAS, with control of the Sarah Scaife, Allegheny and Carthage foundations, Mr. Scaife supported non-partisan causes such as the arts and historic preservation; and
WHEREAS, among other contributions, Mr. Scaife’s foundations funded an early expansion of the Pittsburgh Aviary, development of the Sarah Scaife Gallery at The Carnegie and enhancement of the We...
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