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Charles Shipman Payson (October 16, 1898 – May 5, 1985, aged 86) was the owner of the New York Mets of the National League from 1975 through 1980. In 1975, he inherited the club upon the death of his wife, Mets founder Joan Whitney .
George Herbert Walker III (March 16, 1931 – January 18, 2020) was an American businessman, diplomat and philanthropist. Walker served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary from 2003 to 2006. He was a first cousin of President George H. W. Bush as well as and first cousin once removed of President George W. Bush and former Florida ...
Walker was an original owner of the New York Mets, a team which he co-founded in 1960 (and began play in 1962) with Joan Whitney Payson. Personal life. He married Mary Carter (20 November 1905 – 5 September 1998) on October 29, 1927.
Joan Whitney Payson (February 5, 1903 – October 4, 1975) was an American heiress, businesswoman, philanthropist, patron of the arts and art collector, and a member of the prominent Whitney family. She co-founded, and was the majority owner of, Major League Baseball 's New York Mets baseball franchise, making her the first woman to own a major ...
Lorinda "Linda" de Roulet (née Payson; born May 8, 1930) [1] [2] is an American philanthropist. She is a former president of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball , succeeding her mother, Joan Whitney Payson , in the role upon her mother's death in 1975, and serving until 1980, when her family sold the team to Doubleday & Company .
Biography. Edward Payson Weston was born on March 15, 1839, in Providence, Rhode Island to Silas Weston, a teacher and publisher, and Maria Gaines, a writer. As a teenager, Weston published books about his father's trips to the California Gold Rush and to the Azores, and he also published a novel written by his mother in 1859. [1]
Walkara, painted by Solomon Nunes Carvalho. Born. 1808. Utah. Died. 1855 (aged 47) Utah. Chief Walkara (c. 1808 – 1855; also known as Wakara, Wahkara, Chief Walker or Colorow) was a Northern Ute leader of the Utah Indians known as the Timpanogo and Sanpete Band. He had a reputation as a diplomat, horseman and warrior, and a military leader of ...
Goldman Sachs. George Herbert Walker IV (born 1969) is an American investment banker. [1][2] He is the chairman and CEO of Neuberger Berman, one of the largest independent, employee-owned investment management firms. [3][4] During Walker's tenure, the firm survived the implosion of its corporate parent, Lehman Brothers, was repurchased by the ...