biography
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Whitney, John Hay
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known as Jock
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1904–82)
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| biography:
| Financier and publisher, born in Ellsworth, Maine, USA. A member of a patrician family and a Yale graduate (1926), he had a varied career in motion pictures, publishing, and finance. He was chairman of Selznick International Pictures (1936–40), during which time the company produced one of the most popular films of all time, Gone with the Wind. A senior partner in J H Whitney & Co, investment bankers, he was publisher of The New York Herald Tribune (1957–66) and served as US ambassador to Britain (1956–61). |
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