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.