Maurice Wertheim
Maurice Wertheim | |
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Cos Cob, Connecticut, United States | |
Nationality | American |
Education | Harvard University |
Organization | Wertheim & Co. |
Spouses | Alma Morgenthau
(m. 1909; div. 1929)Ruth White
(m. 1930; div. 1935)Cecile Berlage (m. 1944) |
Children | Josephine (1910−1980) Barbara (1912−1989) Anne (1914−1996) |
Family | Rafe Pomerance (grandson) Jessica Mathews (granddaughter) |
Maurice Wertheim (16 February 1886 – 27 May 1950) was an American
Life
Born to a
Wertheim served on various boards and as a trustee for various organizations. He was trustee of the
Wertheim was an amateur chess player and patron of the game. He served as the president of the
Wertheim financed the American participation in the US vs. USSR radio chess match 1945, across ten boards, personally covering travel, site, and broadcast costs.[5]
Wertheim conceived of the idea for the 1946 chess match between the United States and the
He was also actively interested in art, fishing, nature conservancy, and theater. He was an active supporter of the
Wertheim amassed a notable collection of
After his death from a heart attack in 1950, a memorial Maurice Wertheim chess tournament was organized in 1951 in New York in his memory; it was won by Samuel Reshevsky. In 1963, Wertheim's daughter, Barbara, established the Wertheim Study Room in the New York Public Library in honor of her father.[9]
Personal life
In 1909, he married Alma Morgenthau,[10] daughter of Henry Morgenthau Sr.[11] They had three daughters, Josephine Wertheim Pomerance (b. 1910), mother of Rafe Pomerance; historian Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989), mother of Jessica Mathews; and Anne Rebe Wertheim Werner (1914–1996), previously married to Robert E. Simon.[10][12][13][14]
Alma herself had her own philanthropic interests and, in 1923, was one of the founding members of the League of Composers, also subsidizing its journal,
Following their divorce, Alma founded and supported Cos Cob Press (eventually bought by Boosey and Hawkes) in 1929 to publish works of contemporary American composers.[18] In 1934 she married Paul Lester Wiener (they divorced in the 1940s)[18][11] and she died in 1953.
Wertheim married Ruth White in March 1930; they did not have children and divorced in 1935 (she remarried Alexander Smallens in 1935).[19] He was married for a third time in 1944 to Cecile Berlage, who was his spouse until his death; they did not have children.
Wertheim's granddaughter, Betsy Ann Langman, was married to film producer Budd Schulberg.[20] His granddaughter, Lynn Langman married attorney and philanthropist, Philip H. Lilienthal, in 1963.[21]
References
- ^ "Maurice Wertheim: Investment Banker and Art Curator". Harvard University. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
The Jewish businessman's personal interests ranged from philanthropy to nature conservancy, and Wertheim was an extremely passionate chess player
- ^ "Dorm History Search". Harvard Computer Society.
- ISBN 978-1843820802.
- ISBN 978-1-58465-631-9.
- Vassily Smyslov, by Larry Parr
- ^ "Maurice Wertheim - Degas to Matisse". Brookhaven/South Haven Hamlets.
- ^ "Fogg Gets 'Fabulous' Art Collection; 18 Modern Artists' Works Included". The Harvard Crimson. June 9, 1950.
- ^ "Harvard Art Museums/ Publications". Harvard Art Museums. Archived from the original on 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2012-06-21.
- ^ "Wertheim Study". New York Public Library.
- ^ a b "Maurice Wertheim, 1886-1950". Brookhaven/South Haven Hamlets.
- ^ Jewish Telegraph Agency. January 24, 1934.
- ^ "Anne R. Wertheim Becomes A Bride; Daughter of Banker Married in Cos Cob Home to. Dr. Louis Langman of New York". The New York Times. February 1, 1937.
- ^ Smith, Allen. "Josephine Wertheim Pomerance". Jewish Women's Archive.
- ^ Saxon, Wolfgang (July 31, 1996). "Anne Simon, Who Wrote Threats to the Sea". The New York Times.
She was married three times and had taken the surname of her last husband, Prof. Walter Werner, while keeping her pen name. He died in 1986. Her previous marriages, to Dr. Louis Langman and Robert E. Simon, ended in divorce
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- ^ "Hands—Alma Wertheim". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
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- ^ JSTOR 941344.
- ^ "Mrs. R.W. Wertheim Wed To Smallens; Her Divorce From Banker Is Revealed in News of Bridal Ceremony in Reno". The New York Times. May 17, 1935.
- ^ Gross, Ken (December 18, 1989). "Budd Schulberg -Exiled Long Ago for the Secrets He Did Not Keep, the Author of What Makes Sammy Run? Looks Back on Hollywood Past and Present". People.
- ^ Turl-Larkin (6 September 1963). "Lynn Langman Becomes Bride Of Law Student; Alumna of New School and Philip Lilienthal Are Married Here". New York Times.
External links
- Profile at New York Public Library
- Wertheim Collection publication at Harvard Art Museums