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John Hay Whitney (August 17, 1904 – February 8, 1982) was U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and president of the Museum of Modern Art. He was a member of the Whitney family .
15 de abr. de 2024 · John Hay Whitney (born August 17, 1904, Ellsworth, Maine, U.S.—died February 8, 1982, Manhasset, New York) was an American multimillionaire and sportsman who had a multifaceted career as a publisher, financier, philanthropist, and horse breeder.
John Hay Whitney was described by racing journalist Kent Hollingsworth as being “as close to royalty as American racing ever had.” Full bio. Inducted. 2015. Born. Aug. 17, 1904, Ellsworth, Maine. Died. Feb. 8, 1982, Manhasset, New York. Media. John Hay Whitney (Ken Grayson Collection)
John Hay Whitney was born August 17, 1904, the second child of Payne and Helen Hay Whitney. He was the namesake of his maternal grandfather John Hay, who served as secretary to President Lincoln and as Ambassador to Great Britain and Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Nicknamed "Jock" from childhood, Whitney attended Groton and ...
9 de feb. de 1982 · John Hay Whitney, master of one of the great American fortunes and a pace-setting leader in a kaleidoscope of fields, died yesterday in North Shore Hospital, Manhasset, L.I., after a long...
John Hay. John Milton Hay (October 8, 1838 – July 1, 1905) was an American statesman and official whose career in government stretched over almost half a century. Beginning as a private secretary and an assistant for Abraham Lincoln, he became a diplomat.
An exhibition of 73 paintings by European and American masters from the collection of John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney, who were National Gallery trustees. The exhibition included recent gifts from their estate to the National Gallery and other museums.
