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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 .
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)
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.
Biography. 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.
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...
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.
John Hay Whitney, 1957–61 Thomas C. Mills Taking up his post as American Ambassador to the Court of St James’s in February 1957, John Hay Whitney entered Grosvenor Square just a few months after the Suez crisis of the previous year. As such, his principal task on behalfof theDwight D. Eisenhoweradministrationwas to repairrelations
