In his lifetime, R. Brinkley Smithers (1907–1994) – an American philanthropist, and founder of the Christopher D. Smithers Foundation, which had been named after his father, an IBM founder (via the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company), and a Director of IBM (1913–1952) – a self-styled "recovering alcoholic", donated more than $US40 million to alcoholism programs; $US13.5 million through the Smithers Foundation, and $US28 million from his own his personal funds.(Peele [2])