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John Hay Whitney (* 17. August 1904 in Ellsworth, Maine; † 8. Februar 1982) war ein US-amerikanischer Unternehmer, Diplomat, Verleger, Kunstmäzen und Kunstsammler. Leben. Sein Vater, Payne Whitney, war Unternehmer und seine Mutter, Helen Hay Whitney, war Kunstmäzenin. Seine Schwester hieß Joan Whitney Payson.
John Hay Whitney (August 17, 1904 – February 8, 1982) was U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and president of the Museum of Modern Art. He was a member of the Whitney family .
John Hay Whitney was born August 17, 1904, the second child of Payne and Helen Hay Whitney. He was the namesake of his maternal grandfather John Hay, who served as secretary to President Lincoln and as Ambassador to Great Britain and Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Nicknamed "Jock" from childhood, Whitney attended Groton and Yale, graduating in 1926, after which he spent one ...
John Hay Whitney was described by racing journalist Kent Hollingsworth as being “as close to royalty as American racing ever had.” Full bio. Inducted. 2015. Born. Aug. 17, 1904, Ellsworth, Maine. Died. Feb. 8, 1982, Manhasset, New York. Media. John Hay Whitney (Ken Grayson Collection)
15. Apr. 2024 · John Hay Whitney (born August 17, 1904, Ellsworth, Maine, U.S.—died February 8, 1982, Manhasset, New York) was an American multimillionaire and sportsman who had a multifaceted career as a publisher, financier, philanthropist, and horse breeder.
9. Feb. 1982 · John Hay Whitney, master of one of the great American fortunes and a pace-setting leader in a kaleidoscope of fields, died yesterday in North Shore Hospital, Manhasset, L.I., after a long...
John Hay Whitney, 1957–61. Thomas C. Mills. Taking up his post as American Ambassador to the Court of St James’s in February 1957, John Hay Whitney entered Grosvenor Square just a few months after the Suez crisis of the previous year.
