Resultado da Busca
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt CBE (July 6, 1884 – July 4, 1970) was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, an innovator and champion player of contract bridge, and a member of the Vanderbilt family.
5 de jul. de 1970 · NEWPORT, R. I., July 4—Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, famous yachtsman, originator of contract bridge and former railroad financier, died today at his home here, Rock Cliffe, two days before...
Railroad tycoon, champion contract bridge player (a game he invented), yachtsman, author, and licensed pilot, Harold “Mike” Vanderbilt steered three J-Class sloops to America’s Cup wins in the 1930s. Vanderbilt sailed from birth on his father’s yachts, becoming a proficient helmsman and tactician.
American industrialist and inventor. Learn about this topic in these articles: Vanderbilt family. In Vanderbilt family. Harold Stirling Vanderbilt was also notable as the inventor of the game of contract bridge and as the skilled yachtsman who won the America’s Cup three times. Read More.
Dutch Americans. Harold Stirling Vanderbilt [1884-1970] Industrial/Commercial Leader. Harold S. Vanderbilt was the last of the Vanderbilts to be actively involved in the railroad empire founded by his great grandfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and his grandfather, William Vanderbilt during the nineteenth century.
The Harold Stirling Vanderbilt Collection consists of materials transferred to Vanderbilt University from the Manalapan, Florida estate “Eastover” after the death of Vanderbilt’s widow Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt. Spanning the years from approximately 1900 to 1978, it contains linear feet of materials. Much of the collection consists of ...
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, 1884-1970, great-grandson of shipping and railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. He was a railroad executive, America’s Cup yachtsman with three Cup defenses, commodore of the New York Yacht Club, and originator of contract bridge.
