Herbert Hutner
Herbert Loeb Hutner (December 21, 1908 – December 7, 2008) was an American private investment banker, attorney and philanthropist.
Herbert Hutner | |
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| Born | Herbert Loeb Hutner December 21, 1908 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 7, 2008 (aged 99) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Columbia University (BA, LLB) |
| Occupation(s) | Private investment banker, attorney |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
Early life
Hutner was born on December 21, 1908, in New York City.[1][2][3] He graduated from Columbia University in 1928 and received a law degree from the Columbia Law School in 1931.[2][3][4]
Career
Hutner started his career on Wall Street, founding Osterman & Hutner with Lester Osterman.[1][2][3] He then served as the Chairman of Sleight & Hellmuth Inc., Pressed Metals of America, Struthers Wells Corp. and the Platinum Mining Co.[2][3] Later, he served as the President of the New England Life Insurance Co.[1][2][3]
Hutner was chairman of the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts from 1982 to 1990,[5] serving under Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.[1][3][4]
Philanthropy
Hutner made charitable contributions to the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA and the Young Musicians Foundation.[2] Additionally, he was a co-founder of the Los Angeles Music Center.[2]
Personal life
Hutner was married three times.[3] With his first wife, Marjorie Mayer, he had a son, Jeffrey Hutner (b. 1942), and a daughter, Lynn M. Collwell (b. 1945). His second wife was Zsa Zsa Gabor; they married on November 5, 1962.[1][2] They divorced on March 3, 1966.[2] He married his third wife Juli Reding (1936), an actress, on her 33rd birthday, November 28, 1969.[1][2]
Death
Hutner died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on December 7, 2008, just two weeks before his 100th birthday.[1][2][3]
References
- The Associated Press, Herbert L. Hutner, Arts Adviser, Is Dead at 99, The New York Times, December 19, 2008
- Times Staff Reports, Herbert L. Hutner dies at 99; former chairman of President's Advisory Committee on the Arts, The Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2008
- Obituaries, Columbia College Today, July/August 2009
- Herbert L. Hutner ’31, Columbia Law School Magazine, December 7, 2008
- "Appointment of 40 Members of the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Designation of Chairman | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-29.