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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | John Hay Whitney |
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, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 17, 1904
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| Died | February 08, 1982
(77 years)
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| Contributor | Ben |
| Last Modifed | Ben
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| Info | Born in Ellsworth, ME
Died in Manhasset, NY
Buried in Manhasset, Long Island, NY
Military service:
8th U.S. Army Air Force (Captain, combat intelligence, POW, escaped)
Grandson of Secretary of State John Hay.
Father: Payne Whitney (b. 1876, d. 1927)
Mother: Helen Hay Whitney (daughter of John Hay)
Sister: Joan Whitney Payson (former owner, New York Mets 1961-75, b. 1903, d. 1975)
Wife: Betsey Cushing Whitney
Education:
Groton School
Yale University (1922-26)
Oxford University
Career:
U.S. Ambassador 1956-61 to Great Britain
The New York Herald Tribune Owner 1958, publisher 1961-66
Museum of Modern Art Trustee, 1931-
Legion of Merit
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