Stewart Rawlings Mott

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Stewart Rawlings Mott (December 4, 1937 – June 12, 2008) was an American

philanthropist who founded the Stewart R. Mott Foundation. He was the son of Charles Stewart Mott (a co-founder of General Motors) and appeared on Nixon's Enemies List for his support of liberal causes.[1][2]

Biography

Stewart Rawlings Mott was born on December 4, 1937, in Flint, Michigan, to Charles Stewart Mott and Ruth Rawlings, Mr. Mott's fourth wife.[2] Charles Mott, who had a company manufacturing wheels and axles at the beginning in the 1900s, took advantage of the auto industry’s rapid growth and sold his company to General Motors for stocks, becoming G.M.'s largest individual shareholder.[2]

Mott attended the

gay rights, civil liberties, governmental reform, and research on extrasensory perception. He gave his occupation as "maverick" in the 1978 photo essay Cat People.[citation needed
]

Shortly prior to his death Stewart Mott resided in Bermuda for most of his time, and also traveled to his numerous houses in the United States. His homes included a penthouse in 800 Park Avenue in Manhattan,[4] a house trailer on a Florida farm, and a Chinese junk moored on the Hudson River in New York City.[5]

References

  1. ^ Sorge, Helmut (25 March 1985). "So haben alle etwas davon". Der Spiegel (in German).
  2. ^
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    . Retrieved 2023-06-25.
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  5. ^ Cat People, Bill Hayward, introduction by Rogers E. M. Whitaker. New York: Dolphin/Doubleday, 1978 (p. 88)

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