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Marquis Who's Who, Who Was Who in America. (Chicago, IL: Marquis Who's Who LLC, 1966-present).

Vol. X (1989-1993).

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<b>WHITNEY, CORNELIUS VANDERBILT</b>, corporate
executive; b. N.Y.C., Feb. 20, 1899 m. Marie Louise
Hosford, Jan.24, 1958; 5 children. B A Yale U., 1922;
Degree in Aero. Sci. (hon.), Embry-Riddle Aero U.,
1978; L.H.D. (hon.), U. Fla., Gainesville, 1983.
Founder Pan Am. Airways, 1927, chmn. bd. until 1941;
founder Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., 1928,
chmn. bd., until 1964, dir., until 1974; pres. Whitney
Industries, Inc., 1931-89; founder Marineland of Fla.
Inc., 1937, chmn. bd., until 1914; asst. sec. USAAF,
1947-49; undersec. commerce, 1949-50, spl. envoy of
Pres. to, Eng., Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, 1950; rep. of
Pres. at funeral of King Frederick of Denmark, Jan.
1972; Dir. Churchill Downs.  Co-producer motion pic-
tures: Gone with the Wind, Rebecca, A Star Is Born,
1930-85; Author: autobiography Lone and Levels Sands,
Live a Year With a Millionaire. High Peaks, The Owl
Hoots Again, First Flights.  Bd. dirs. Saratoga
Performing Arts Ctr., Nat. Mus. of Dance; past trustee
Whitney Mus. Am. Art, Am. Mus. Natural History;
founder Whitney Gallery of Western Art, Cody, Wyo.,
1958, dir., 1958-92; founder Nat. Mus. of Racing,
Saratoga, N.Y., 1950; dir. emeritus Buffalo Bill Hist.
Found., Cody, Wyo.; past mem. Ky. Gov.'s Econ.
Commn. Gov. Rockefeller's adv. com. on the future of
the Adirondack region. Served to 2d It., A.C. U.S.
Army, World War I; to col. USAAF, 1941-46.
Decorated D.S.M., Legion of Merit with 2 battle stars;
Breeder of the Yr. award N.Y. Turf Writers, 1960; spl.
racing award 1985; Man of the Yr., Thoroughbred Club
Am., 1966; rec. Eclipse award, 1985.  Clubs: Angler
(N.Y.C.), River (N.Y.C.), Brook (N.Y.C.), Jockey
(N.Y.C.), Turf and Field (N.Y.C.).  Home: Saratoga
Springs N.Y. Died 1992. &#134;

<b>WHITNEY, HASSLER</b>, mathematician; b. N.Y.C.,
Mar. 23, 1907; s. Edward Baldwin and A. Josepha
(Newcomb) W.; m. Margaret R. Howell, May 30, 1930;
children: James Newcomb, Carol, Marian; m. Mary
Barnett Garfield, Jan. 16, 1955; children: Sarah
Newcomb, Emily Baldwin; m. Barbara Floyd Osterman,
Feb. 8, 1986.  PhB, Yale U., 1928, MusB, 1929, ScD
(hon.), 1947; PhD, Harvard U., 1932.  Instr. math.
Harvard U., Cambridge, Mass., 1930-31, 33-35, NRC

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fellow math., 1931-33, asst. prof., 1935-40, assoc. prof.,
l940-46, prof., 1946-52; prof. Inst. Advanced Study,
Princeton, N.J., 1952-77, prof. emeritus, 1977-89; chmn.
math. panel NSF, 1953-56; exchange prof., France,
1951-52; Fuibright exchange prof. Coll. de France, 1957;
mem. com. support of research in math. scis. NRC,
l966-67; pres. Internat. Commn. Math. Instrn., 1979-82;
research math. Nat. Def. Research Com., 1943-45; cons.
sch. math.  Recipient Nat. Medal of Sci., 1976, Wolf
prize Wolf Found., 1983.  Mem. NAS, Am. Math. Soc.
(Colloquium lectr. 1946, v.p. 1941-50, editor Am. Jour.
Math. 1944-49, editor Math. Revs. 1949-54, chmn. com.
vis. lectureship 1946-51, com. summer insts. 1953-54,
Steele prize 1985), Math. Assn. Am., Nat. Council
Tchrs. Math., Swiss Math. Soc. (hon.), Am. Philos. Soc.,
London Math. Sci. (hon.), Academie des Scis. (fgn. as-
soc.), N.Y. Acad. of Scis.  Club: Am. Alpine (N.Y.C.).
Home: Princeton N.J.  Died May 10, 1989; buried Mont
Dents Blanches, Switzerland.

<b>WHITNEY, WILLIAM KUEBLER</b>, artist; b. New
Orleans, July 6, 1921; s. Percy Macklin and Elizabeth
(Kuebler) W.; m. Charlotte Armide Lamm; children:
Charlene, Alice. B.F.A., Cranbrook Acad. Art, 1949,
M.F.A., 1958.  Owner, mgr. Whitney Silver Shop,
Birmingham, Mich., 1950-58; from instr. to assoc. prof.
art Olivet Coll., Mich., 1959-63, prof. 1973-79.  Exhbns.
include: Corcoran Biennial Am. Art, 1945; Octagon
House, Washington, 1972; Detroit Inst. Art, 1949; one-
man show: MeNeese State CoIl., 1984, Battle Creek
Sister City exhbn., Takasaki, Japan, 1984.  Served to
with U.S. Army, 1942-45, PTO. Recipient Bronze medal
for Still Life Soc. Washington Artists, 1942; Merit
award Mich. Acad. Sci. Arts and Letters, Ann Arbor,
1950. Mem. Mich. Soc. Archtl. Historians, Battle Creek
Artists Guild, AAUP., Eaton Art League (v.p. 1984).
Avocations: photography.  Died Oct. 7, 1915; buried
Olivet (Mich.) Cemetery.  Home: Olivet Mich.

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