Harry F. Guggenheim
Harry Frank Guggenheim | |
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United States Ambassador to Cuba | |
In office 1929–1933 | |
President | Herbert Hoover |
Preceded by | Noble Brandon Judah |
Succeeded by | Sumner Welles |
Personal details | |
Born | West End, New Jersey, U.S. | August 23, 1890
Died | January 22, 1971 Sands Point, Long Island, New York, U.S. | (aged 80)
Spouses | Helen Rosenberg
(m. 1910; div. 1923)Caroline Morton Potter
(m. 1923; div. 1939) |
Children | 3, including Diane Hamilton |
Parent(s) | Daniel Guggenheim Florence Shloss Guggenheim |
Relatives | Guggenheim family |
Education | Columbia Grammar School Sheffield Scientific School |
Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Businessman, newspaper publishing, statesman, racehorse owner/breeder, philanthropist, aviator |
Harry Frank Guggenheim (August 23, 1890 – January 22, 1971) was an American businessman, diplomat, publisher, philanthropist, aviator, and horseman.
Early life
He was born August 23, 1890, in
He graduated in 1907 from the
Career
In 1917 he bought a
In 1924, his parents established the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation and he was made a director and later president. He sponsored Robert H. Goddard's private research into liquid fuel rocketry and space flight.[5] He provided funds for the establishment of the first Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at New York University in 1925. Guggenheim became president of the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics a year later. This fund, totaling $3 million, included an equipment loan for operating the first regularly scheduled commercial airline in the United States. It also provided for the establishment of the first weather reporting exclusively for passenger airplanes.
Guggenheim was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1971 for his service to aviation.[6]
Military career
In World War I, he was commissioned Lt. J. G., USNRF, and was sent to France. He also served in England and Italy until the Armistice, when he left the Navy with the rank of Lt. Commander. Guggenheim was a lieutenant commander.[7] In World War II, he was recalled to active duty in the Navy and served in the South Pacific as a tail gunner on a torpedo bomber.[8] Guggenheim rose to the rank of captain by the end of the war.
Public service
Guggenheim was the United States ambassador to
In 1929, President Herbert Hoover appointed Guggenheim to serve on the National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics, a position that he held until 1938. In 1948, as president of the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation, he continued to support United States aviation progress when he helped organize the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Jet Propulsion Center at the California Institute of Technology and the Guggenheim Laboratories for Aerospace Propulsion Sciences at Princeton University.[1]
Thoroughbred horse racing
Guggenheim was a participant in the founding of the New York Racing Association. From 1929 he was a major thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder. His Cain Hoy Stable raced in the United States and was the owner of numerous successful horses including the 1953 Kentucky Derby winner Dark Star, the only horse ever to defeat the legendary Native Dancer, and Eclipse Award winner Bald Eagle. Also he was the breeder and owner (until his death) of Ack Ack, who is in the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and was American Horse of the Year in 1971.[1]
Newsday
Guggenheim, with his third wife, Alicia Patterson, founded the newspaper Newsday in 1940.[citation needed] Guggenheim was president of the company, while his wife was editor and publisher until her death in 1963, then he assumed those duties until 1967.[citation needed] The circulation of Newsday reached 450,000 and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1954.[1]
In 1967, he turned over the
Personal life
On November 10, 1910, Guggenheim was married to Helen Rosenberg at the Rosenberg residence on 166
- Joan Guggenheim (1912–2001), a Captain in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force who served in the Pacific in World War II.[16] She married Albert Van de Maele.[17]
- Nancy Guggenheim (1916–1973), an author and ballet teacher who first married George T. Draper, a grandson of Charles A. Dana.[18] She later married lawyer Thomas J. Williams.[19]
His second marriage was on February 3, 1923 to Caroline (née Morton) Potter (1882–1952), a daughter of
- Diane Guggenheim (1924–1991), who married four times; first to singer John Meredith Langstaff,[21] then Robert Guillard, followed by the Irish journalist William Meek, and, lastly, to John Darby Stolt.[22]
On July 1, 1939, Guggenheim married for the third time to
Guggenheim died of
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Harry Guggenheim Dead; Newsday Founder Was 80". The New York Times. 23 January 1971. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ a b Photo, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES Underwood & Underwood (29 September 1930). "DANIEL GUGGENHEIM DIES SUDDENLY AT 74 OF HEART DISEASE; Philanthropist, Capitalist and Patron of the Arts Succumbs at Port Washington Home. SET UP AERONAUTICS FUND $2,500,000 Gift the Basis of Important Research--Liberal Donor to Many Charities. HE WON WEALTH IN MINING A Friend of Labor, He Had Wide Interests in Industry--Leaders in Many Fields Pay Tribute. A Life of Usefulness. DANIEL GUGGENHEIM DIES SUDDENLY AT 74 Began Work in Switzerland. Was Progressive in Business. Many Business Connections. An Ardent Humanitarian. Devoted to Art. Aeronautics School Created. PHILANTHROPIST CALLED BY DEATH. BRITISH PRAISE GUGGENHEIM. Newspapers Pay Tribute to His Aid to Aviation". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Florence Shloss Guggenheim". jwa.org. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ISBN 1-58834-006-6.
- ISSN 0024-3019. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
- ^ "Guggenheim, Harry Frank, Naval Aviator, Enshrined 1971
- ^ The National Aviation Hall of Fame
- ^ "Harry Guggenheim Dead; Newsday Founder Was 80," New York Times obituary, Jan. 23, 1971, p. 1
- ^ a b "The Press: How Much Independence?". Time. April 27, 1970. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ISBN 1-55710-053-5.
- ^ "Newsday Goes For Nixon, But Moyers Balks". Chicago Tribune. October 17, 1968. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ "Moyers Resigns Post at Newsday". The New York Times. May 13, 1970. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ Raymont, Henry (March 13, 1970). "Newsday Employes Seek to Block Sale of the Paper". New York Times. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
- ^ "$12 Million Left to Charity by Guggenheim". Chicago Tribune. January 30, 1971.
- ^ "H. F. GUGGENHEIM IS A BRIDEGROOM; Son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim Married to Miss Helen Rosenberg. MISS RENA WILSONV A BRIDE Wedded In Floral Bower at Sherry's to Mortimer D. Stein of Chicago--Parcells-Hoxie Nuptials In Brooklyn". The New York Times. 10 November 1910. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths VAN DE MAELE, JOAN". The New York Times. 14 September 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths VAN DE MAELE, ALBERT C." The New York Times. 19 January 1999. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (2 March 1939). "NANCY GUGGENHEIM WED TO G.T. DRAPER; Daughter of Former Envoy to Cuba Married in Home at Port Washington STUDENT OF THE BALLET Graduate of Columbia School of Business--Bridegroom Served in Spain". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Mrs. Nancy Williams". The New York Times. 4 January 1973. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "MRS. POTTER WEDS H. F. GUGGENHEIM; Daughter of Late Paul Morton Married to Son of Head of Mining Interests". The New York Times. 4 February 1923. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "DIVORCES JOHN LANGSTAFF; Wife of Baritone Was Diane Guggenheim, Envoy's Daughter". The New York Times. 12 July 1947. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Kelly, John (May 26, 2001). "Fine boys they were back then". The Irish Times. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (2 July 1939). "Harry Guggenheim Weds Mrs. Brooks; Ex-Envoy to Cuba Marries the Daughter of Joseph Medill Patterson in Florida". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ L, Zach (July 19, 2008). "Falaise". OLD LONG ISLAND. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "Falaise - home of Henry Guggenheim". Archived from the original on 2006-06-24. Retrieved 2006-06-03.
Further reading
- Dirk Smillie. The Business of Tomorrow: The Visionary Life of Harry Guggenheim: From Aviation and Rocketry to the Creation of an Art Dynasty (2021) ISBN 978-1643134208
- ISBN 978-1-58150-102-5
External links
- Works by or about Harry F. Guggenheim at Internet Archive
- Harry F. Guggenheim at Find a Grave
- Harry F. Guggenheim Letters, 1930-1932 MS 409 held by Special Collection & Archives, Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy
- Harry Guggenheim standing second from right, during a gathering of the Guggenheim Fund Board for Aeronautics. Sitting second from left is Daniel Guggenheim, whom the fund was named after, with Orville Wright next to him. Standing behind Wright is Charles Lindbergh.