Wickliffe Draper

Wickliffe Draper

Wickliffe Preston Draper (August 9, 1891–1972) was an American multimillionaire and an ardent eugenicist and lifelong advocate of strict racial segregation. In 1937 he founded the Pioneer Fund, a registered charitable organisation established to provide scholarships for descendants of original white American settlers and to support research into heredity and eugenics; he later became its principal benefactor.

Read more about Wickliffe Draper:  Early Life, Eugenics and The Pioneer Fund, Funding of The Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, Later Life and Personality