Alan H. Kempner

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Alan Horace Kempner
BornJuly 4, 1897
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
SpouseMargaret Loeb
Relatives Carl M. Loeb (father-in-law)
John Langeloth Loeb Sr. (brother-in-law)
S. Marshall Kempner (brother-in-law)
John Langeloth Loeb Jr. (nephew)
Nan Kempner (daughter-in-law)

Alan Horace Kempner (July 4, 1897 – December 17, 1985)[1] was an American stockbroker, publishing executive, rare books and manuscripts collector, and philanthropist.[2]

Early life and education

Kempner was born in

Columbia College, where he majored in Latin and graduated in 1917.[2][3]

Career

Kempner worked at the American Zinc and Chemical Company for nine years, then purchased a seat on the

United States Air Corps in World War II and achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel.[2] His interest in books led him to join Farrar, Straus and Giroux as a manager and served on its board of directors after retirement.[2]

Philanthropy

An avid book collector, Kempner held first edition books as well as manuscripts by

Rare Book & Manuscript Library renamed the exhibition hall in his honor.[4] He also endowed a professorship of biological sciences at Columbia, which was first held by noted biologist James E. Darnell.[5]

He also served as the president and chairman of the

Hospital for Joint Diseases.[2][6]

Personal life

Kempner married Margaret Loeb, the daughter of investment banker and founder of

Thomas Lenox Kempner Jr., co-founded the hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management.[11]

His sister, Charlotte Kempner, married investment banker and founder of the Bank of the West, Sigmund Marshall Kempner, after he was divorced from Barbara Hazel Guggenheim, the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim and sister of Peggy Guggenheim.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "Klempner family". www.ics.uci.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
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  3. ^ a b Columbia Library Columns Volume 36 Number 1. New York: Friends of the Columbia Libraries. 1986. pp. 3–12.
  4. ^ "10 Years Later, Bloom Still on for Rare Books". www.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  5. ^ "Columbia Daily Spectator 30 October 1972 — Columbia Spectator". spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  6. ^ "66th Annual Report for the Year 1972". New York University Medical Archives. 1972. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  7. ^ "Alan H. Kempner Jr". Legacy. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  8. ISSN 0362-4331
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  9. ^ "Loeb Announces Fourth Generation of Family Leadership". www.businesswire.com. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  10. ISSN 0099-9660
    . Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  11. ^ "Ford Foundation Names Thomas L. Kempner Jr. to Board of Trustees". Ford Foundation. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  12. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2020-06-25.
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