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Dec 13, 1992 · Cornelius Vanderbilt “Sonny” Whitney was a man of diverse interests. His numerous passions included the arts, daring entrepreneurial endeavors, motion pictures, philanthropy, politics, polo, service to his country, and a love for thoroughbred racing. His was a life well led.
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Dec 14, 1992 · Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, scion of two of America's most prominent families who considered himself "a lucky guy who was born with a proverbial silver spoon in my mouth" and who made additional ...
Mar 13, 2024 · There is a photograph of his mother, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, who was a granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt and a very distinguished sculptor. In another photograph is his father, the late Harry Payne Whitney, characteristically wearing the black bowler hat which was almost a trademark for him around the race tracks.
On Feb. 20, 1899, in Roslyn, N.Y., Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was born into two of America’s most prominent and wealthy families. His mother was Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art and heiress to a railroad and steamship fortune; his father, Henry Payne Whitney, was heir to fortunes in oil ...
Jul 18, 2024 · Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Pan American World Airways, Inc. , former American airline that was founded in 1927 and, up until the final two decades of the 20th century, had service to cities in many countries in North and South America, the Caribbean Islands , Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East .
Aug 8, 2021 · The sport of horse racing has evolved greatly in the last 100-plus years, and to move forward it required more than the heroics of a legion of its greatest runners and most skilled trainers and jockeys. It needed the help of patrons. People like Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. For decades, C.V. “Sonny” Whitney was one of racing’s leading figures. He was born into one of racing’s most ...
