M. Robert Guggenheim
Meyer Robert Guggenheim | |
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United States Ambassador to Portugal | |
| Preceded by | Cavendish W. Cannon |
| Succeeded by | James C. H. Bonbright |
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| Born | May 17, 1885 New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 16, 1959 (aged 74) Washington, D.C. |
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| Relatives | Guggenheim family |
| Education | Columbia University |
Meyer Robert Guggenheim (May 17, 1885 – November 16, 1959) was an American diplomat and a member of the prominent Guggenheim family.
Born in
Harry Frank Guggenheim, and nephew of Simon Guggenheim. In January 1938 he married his 4th wife Rebecca Pollard in Miami Beach on his yacht Firenze.[1] Pollard had finalized her divorce to William van Lennep a week earlier.[1] After Guggenheim's death she married John Logan.[2]
He attended
Columbia College with the class of 1907, but left before graduation.[3][4] In 1909 he donated the trophy and prize money for the Ocean to Ocean Automobile Endurance Contest that coincided with the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition.[5] As the contest was underway; he was arrested for speeding in New York City - a possible publicity stunt.[6]
He served with the
United States Ambassador to Portugal, serving between 1953 and 1954.[7]
Guggenheim died in
Arlington, Virginia
.
References
- ^ ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ "Rebecca P. Logan, 90, Art Patron and Hostess". The New York Times. 16 March 1994.
- ^ Who's who in Finance. Joseph & Sefton. 1911. p. 586.
- ^ The Columbian. Columbia University. 1905.
- ^ "M. Robert Guggenheim trophy, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909". digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian: M. Robert Guggenheim
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