biography
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| lived:
| (1885–1961)
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| biography:
| Businessman, born in Irvington, New York, USA. From a wealthy family, he studied at Yale (1908) and became a four-goal polo player at the Meadow Brook club. He worked at Naylor & Co, where he perfected two processing techniques for iron ore, and supervised building plants in England, Italy, France, and Russia. During World War 1 he was captain of the 60th Field Artillery in France, and later joined W R Grace Co (1918) and studied various industries in Paraguay, Chile, and Argentina. In 1931 he left business and turned to politics and the raising of horse and cattle. He was elected sheriff of Nassau County, Long Island, and was a member of the New York State Racing Commission (1945–9). |
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