Notable Philanthropy
- Blair Academy Founded (1848).
- Lafayette College Easton, Pennsylvania
- Grinnell College (Grinnell, Iowa)
- Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey
- Endowed a geology professorship, first held by Arnold Henry Guyot. The endowed chair is the second oldest at the school; as of the start of the 2000-01 school year there were 172 such endowed chairs.
- Served as trustee from 1866 until his death. In remarks at his installation as trustee, Blair noted that he had received little formal education and had spent most of his life as a businessman learning addition, but that now "I have come to Princeton to learn subtraction."
- Provided funds to build Blair Hall, which was constructed in 1897 by Cope & Stewardson.
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