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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.” As an owner, breeder and leader of the sport for more than a half-century, Whitney established a legacy as one of the most influential and respected individuals thoroughbred racing has ever known.
9 feb 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 illness.
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.
When the US entered World War II, John Hay Whitney attended officer's candidate school and became a captain in the army air forces. In 1944, as a colonel, he was captured by the Germans while on a mission in southern France.
On the walls of the Whitney family house on Fifth Avenue hung a number of notable and interesting pictures: portraits by Romney, Raeburn and other members of the formerly fashionable British School, watercolours by Blake and Rowlandson, a portrait by Rembrandt and a number of paintings by contemporary Americans.
22 lug 2021 · Jock: The Life and Times of John Hay Whitney. Born into one of America’s wealthiest and most distinguished families, John (“Jock”) Hay Whitney (1904-1982) spent his childhood in an Italian...
