J. Roderick MacArthur

The J. Roderick MacArthur Foundation, a philanthropic organization supporting civil rights in the United States, was established in his name.

[2] Rod MacArthur attended Rollins College in Florida and worked as a stringer for the Associated Press in Mexico.

During World War II, he joined the American Field Service, serving with the French Army in the ambulance corps, and he participated in the campaign that liberated France.

In 1973, while working with a company that sold ceramic collectible plates, MacArthur noticed that the ceramic-collectible market was chaotic.

Rod MacArthur then organized a group of employees to enter his father's warehouse in Northbrook, Illinois, and hustle the inventory into a waiting fleet of trucks.

His epitaph, written in English using Greek letters, is ονε φοοτ ιν φαιριελανδ ("one foot in fairieland").

At that point, John D. MacArthur was worth in excess of $1 billion and was reportedly one of the three richest men in the United States.

The Bankers Life executives and Paul Harvey held conservative views regarding the structure and size of the board, its purpose, and issues related to the sale of the business.

In February 1984 he sued fellow board members, charging that they were acting as executives of Bankers Life and were looking out for their own best interest and not the needs of the foundation.

MacArthur said that high fees were being paid to board members for their foundation work, and he believed that Bankers Life was not being managed well and had lost value.

In 2006 the MacArthur Justice Center formed an association with the Northwestern University School of Law and has a clinic there.