Word: manhasset
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
DIED. Leroy R. Grumman, 87, self-assured, no-frills mechanical engineer and aeronautical designer who turned his Long Island-based aircraft-repair shop, started in 1929 with $32,000, into one of the country's largest defense contractors (1981 sales: $1.95 billion); in Manhasset, N.Y. During World War II Grumman Hellcats, Wildcats and Avengers chalked up 60% of the enemy kills on the Pacific front. Grumman's company was working on the lunar excursion module when, in 1966, diabetic and almost blind, the avid ex-pilot retired as board chairman...
Zachary Mayo Manhasset...
DIED. John Hay ("Jock") Whitney, 77, redoubtable financier, distinguished diplomat, enterprising publisher and the epitome of a U.S. patrician; of congestive heart failure; in Manhasset, N.Y. The Groton-and Yale-educated scion of one of America's wealthiest and most distinguished families. Whitney used his entrepreneurial skills in a grand array of profitable ventures. In the 1930s he astutely backed Gone With the Wind and the long-running Broadway hit Life with Father. He also made early investments in Minute Maid orange juice, Pan American World Airways and several radio and TV stations. A moderate Republican, he was named...
...Manhasset...
Died. Joe Musial, 72, cartoonist who pioneered the use of comic books as teaching aids and drew the Katzenjammer Kids for the past 25 years; after a long illness; in Manhasset, N.Y. Musial took over Rudolph Dirks' comic strip featuring the terrible Teutonic twins in 1952 and, as art director of King Features' comic-book division, was also a ghost artist for many other series...