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词条 Charles Shipman Payson
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

     Philanthropist 

  4. External links

  5. References

Charles Shipman Payson (October 16, 1898 – May 5, 1985, aged 86) was the owner of the New York Mets of the National League from {{by|1975}} through {{by|1980}}. In 1975, he inherited the club upon the death of his wife, Mets founder Joan Whitney.

Early life

Payson was born on October 16, 1898 in Maine. He was the son of Herbert Payson and Sally Carroll Brown, grandson of Gen. John Marshall Brown, and a descendant of Edward Payson, who settled in Massachusetts in 1635.[1] His sister was Anne Payson Holt, who was married to Benjamin Dean Holt, son of Benjamin Holt. She was murdered by burglars in her home in Maine in 1976.[1]

He was a graduate of the Salisbury School in Connecticut, Yale University and Harvard Law and became a prominent lawyer and businessman in New York City.

Career

Payson inherited the Mets after the death of his first wife in 1975. Payson did not share his wife's enthusiasm for the Mets. He delegated his authority to his three daughters, with their youngest, Lorinda de Roulet, becoming team president. His daughters in turn left the baseball side to board chairman M. Donald Grant. But when it became apparent that Grant had mismanaged the team, it was Payson himself who forced Grant out.

In 1980, he sold the franchise to Doubleday & Co.[2]

Personal life

In 1924, he married Joan Whitney (1903–1975), the daughter of Payne Whitney and Helen Julia Hay.[3] Her brother was John Hay Whitney. She inherited a trust fund from her grandfather, William C. Whitney and on her father's death in 1927, she received a large part of the family fortune.[4] The couple lived in a 1928 home designed by William Delano, on a 110 acres in Manhasset, New York, given to them by her parents as a wedding gift.[5] Together, they had:

  • Daniel Carroll Payson (1925–1945),[6] was killed during the Battle of the Bulge.[7]
  • Sandra Helen Payson (1926–2004),[8][9] who was married to William Meyer. They divorced and she later married Baron George Weidenfeld (1919–2016).[10]
  • Payne Whitney Payson (b. 1927),[11] who married Henry Bentivoglio Middleton, a direct descendant of Arthur Middleton, signer of the Declaration of Independence.[12]
  • Lorinda Payson (b. 1931), who married Vincent de Roulet (1925–1975)
  • John Whitney Payson (b. 1940), who is married to Joanne D'Elia.[13][14]

In 1977, he married Virginia Kraft, a writer for Sports Illustrated. She was the daughter of George John Kraft and was a graduate of Barnard College.[15] They remained married until his death.[16]

Philanthropist

With his first wife, he funded the building of Pepperdine University's library. In 1977, he donated 17 paintings by Winslow Homer, worth $6.4 million, to the Portland Museum of Art in Portland, Maine.[16]

External links

  • New York Mets owners

References

1. ^{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=Financier's Sister Is Killed in Maine|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/07/archives/financiers-sister-is-killed-in-maine.html|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=7 October 1976}}
2. ^{{cite news|last1=Grimes|first1=William|title=Nelson Doubleday Jr., Publisher Who Owned the Mets, Dies at 81|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/18/business/nelson-doubleday-publisher-and-mets-buyer-dies-at-81.html|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=17 June 2015}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=MISS JOAN WHITNEY WED TO C. S. PAYSON {{!}} Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Payne Whitney Becomes Bride in Manhasset Church.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1924/07/06/archives/miss-joan-whitney-wva-to-c-s-paysoh-g-daughter-of-mr-and-mrs-payne.html|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=6 July 1924}}
4. ^http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&pid=16918&bid=791
5. ^{{cite news|last1=Reif|first1=Rita|title=The Paysons' home on view|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/27/arts/the-paysons-home-on-view.html|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=27 April 1984}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=PAYSON, Daniel C|url=http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-henri-chapelle-p/49003-payson-daniel-c|website=www.fieldsofhonor-database.com|accessdate=1 December 2016}}
7. ^{{cite news|last1=Durso|first1=Joseph|title=Joan Whitney Payson, 72, Mets Owner, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/10/05/archives/joan-whitney-payson-72-mets-owner-dies-head-of-greentree-stables-in.html|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=5 October 1975}}
8. ^{{cite news|last1=Saxon|first1=Wolfgang|title=Sandra Payson, 78, Influential Arts Patron|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/arts/sandra-payson-78-influential-arts-patron.html|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=25 July 2004}}
9. ^{{cite news|title=Daughter Born to Mrs. C. S. Payson.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1926/06/29/archives/daughter-born-to-mrs-c-payson.html|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=29 June 1926}}
10. ^{{cite news|title=British Publisher And Mrs. Meyer Will Be Married; George Weidenfeld to Wed Niece of John Hay Whitney|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1966/07/14/82833586.html?pageNumber=40|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=July 14, 1966}}
11. ^{{cite news|title=A Daughter to Mrs. C. S. Payson.|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/08/06/104287146.html?pageNumber=11|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=6 August 1927}}
12. ^{{cite news|title=Paid Notice: Deaths MIDDLETON, HENRY BENTIVOGLIO|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/18/classified/paid-notice-deaths-middleton-henry-bentivoglio.html|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=18 August 2002}}
13. ^{{cite web|title=ORCA - Ocean Research and Conservation Association - Team & Staff|url=http://www.teamorca.org/cfiles/about_payson.cfm|website=www.teamorca.org|accessdate=1 December 2016}}
14. ^{{cite news|last1=Span|first1=Paula|last2=Tully|first2=Judd|title=$53.9 MILLION FOR VAN GOGH|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/11/12/539-million-for-van-gogh/446b8ac5-4d93-47cb-95ce-434ab7097441/|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The Washington Post|date=12 November 1987}}
15. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=Charles Payson Weds Miss Kraft|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/29/archives/charles-payson-weds-miss-kraft.html?_r=0|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=29 December 1977}}
16. ^1 {{cite news|title=CHARLES PAYSON, 86; WEALTHY SPORTSMAN AND PHILANTHROPIST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/07/us/charles-payson-86-wealthy-sportsman-and-philanthropist.html|accessdate=1 December 2016|work=The New York Times|date=7 May 1985}}
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