| 词条 | Maxwell Henry Gluck |
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| name = Maxwell Henry Gluck | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1899|11|4}} | birth_place =Commerce, Texas | death_date = {{death date and age|1984|11|21|1899|11|4}} | death_place =Los Angeles, California | death_cause =heart failure | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation =Diplomat | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = Muriel (Schlesinger) Gluck | children = | parents = | relatives = | box_width = }} Maxwell Henry Gluck (November 4, 1899 – November 21, 1984) was an American businessman, diplomat, thoroughbred horsebreeder and philanthropist. He served as the United States Ambassador to Ceylon from September 19, 1957 to October 2, 1958. BiographyEarly lifeMaxwell Henry Gluck was born on November 4, 1899 in Commerce, Texas.[1][2] He grew up in Sharon, Pennsylvania, where his parents owned a small store. He had two brothers, Morris and George and two sisters Lena (Speizer) and Jennifer (Mahado). CareerIn 1929, he opened a women's store in New York City.[1] It later became a chain known as the Darling Stores Corporation, with 150 stores in 27 states.[1] Gluck served as its Chairman.[3] In 1960, the Darling Stores Corporation merged with Grayson-Robinson Stores, which he purchased. Later, he served as Chairman of the A. S. Beck Shoe Corporation and Willoughby's Peerless Camera Stores.[1] DiplomacyHe was appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower to serve as the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka from September 19, 1957 to October 2, 1958.[2][3] Many suggested that Gluck's appointment to this post had more to do with his generous political contributions to the Republican campaign of 1956 than any political or diplomatic qualifications. Richard Hofstadter supports this suggestion with an excerpt of questions raised by Senator J. William Fulbright about his qualifications: FULBRIGHT: What are the problems in Ceylon [Sri Lanka] you think you can deal with? GLUCK: One of the problems are the people there. I believe I can - I think I can establish, unless we - again, unless I run into something that I have not run into before–a good relationship and good feeling toward the United States ... FULBRIGHT: Do you know our Ambassador to India? GLUCK: I know John Sherman Cooper, the previous Ambassador. FULBRIGHT: Do you know who the Prime Minister of India is? GLUCK: Yes, but I can't pronounce his name. FULBRIGHT: Do you know who the Prime Minister of Ceylon is? GLUCK: His name is unfamiliar now, I cannot call it off.Hofstadter also notes that Gluck resigned from his post about a year after his appointment.[4] EquestrianismIn 1952, he purchased Elmendorf Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, where he bred thoroughbreds.[1] In 1973, Gluck's colt Protagonist was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse and his filly Talking Picture earned American Champion Two-Year-Old Female Horse honors. Both were trained by John Campo. Other top horses owned and raced by Max Gluck included Big Spruce, Play the Red, Prince John, Speak John, and Super Moment. He was the 1973 recipient of the P. A. B. Widener Award as a top breeder of Kentucky-bred horses, and the 1977 recipient of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Owner.[1] In 1983, Maxwell Gluck donated US$3 million to the University of Kentucky for the establishment of an equine research center.[1] Personal lifeHe married Muriel (Schlesinger) Gluck in 1948. They resided in Lexington and in Los Angeles, California.[1] He was a large donor to the Republican Party and art collector. DeathHe died of heart failure on November 21, 1984 at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.[1][2] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Robert D. McFadden, [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/23/obituaries/maxwell-h-gluck-dies-at-85-businessman-and-ex-envoy.html Maxwell H. Gluck Dies At 85; Businessman and Ex-Envoy], The New York Times, November 23, 1984 {{DEFAULTSORT:Gluck, Maxwell Henry}}2. ^1 2 [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/gluck-maxwell-henry U.S. Department of State: Office of the Historian] 3. ^1 Alfred Dupont Chandler, Louis Galambos, Dau Van Ee, The papers of Dwight David Eisenhower, Johns Hopkins Press, 2001, p. 338 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0a8MAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Maxwell+Henry+Gluck%22&dq=%22Maxwell+Henry+Gluck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1TFyVNiiO-WUmwXxpoHAAg&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA] 4. ^{{Cite book|title=Anti-intellectualism in American Life|last=Hofstadter|first=Richard|publisher=Vintage|year=1962|isbn=|location=New York|pages=10–11|via=}} 11 : 1899 births|1984 deaths|Businesspeople from Los Angeles|Businesspeople from Lexington, Kentucky|American philanthropists|Ambassadors of the United States to Sri Lanka|American racehorse owners and breeders|American art collectors|University of Kentucky people|People from Commerce, Texas|People from Sharon, Pennsylvania |
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