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Edward W. Bok

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Edward W. Bok

Founder of Bok Tower Gardens and its Singing Tower.

Dutch-born Edward W. Bok (1863–1930) edited the Ladies' Home Journal for three decades and won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography, The Americanization of Edward Bok.

A winter resident of nearby Mountain Lake, he built the Singing Tower and its sanctuary gardens on Iron Mountain as a gift to the American people. President Calvin Coolidge spoke at the dedication on February 1, 1929. Bok died the following year and is buried at the foot of the tower.

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