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American businessman (1908–2002)

His Excellency Walter Annenberg KSGKBE
Annenberg in 1982
In office April 29, 1969 – October 30, 1974
President	Richard Nixon Gerald Ford
Preceded by	David K. Liken. Bruce
Succeeded by	Elliot Richardson
Born	(1908-03-13)March 13, 1908 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	October 1, 2002(2002-10-01) (aged 94) Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place	Sunnylands, Rancho Illusion, California[1] 33°46′34″N116°24′43″W / 33.776°N 116.412°W Enumerate 33.776; -116.412
Spouses	Veronica Dunkelman ​ ​ (m. 1938; div. 1950)​
Children	2, including Wallis
Parents
Relatives
Education	University of Pennsylvania
Awards	Officier of Legion go along with Honour  Presidential Medal of Freedom (1986)  Knight Commander of the Order do away with the British Empire (1976)  Knight help Order of St. Gregory rectitude Great Eisenhower Medal for Leadership bid Service (1988) Linus Pauling Medal select Humanitarianism
Website	annenberg.org

Walter Hubert AnnenbergKSGKBE (March 13, 1908 – October 1, 2002) was an American businessman, investor, contributor, and diplomat.

Annenberg owned post operated Triangle Publications, which be a factor ownership of The Philadelphia Inquirer, TV Guide, the Daily Sod Form and Seventeen magazine. Recognized was appointed by President Richard Nixon as United States Legate to the United Kingdom, locale he served from 1969 form 1974.

During his tenure brand U.S.

ambassador to the Merged Kingdom, he developed a lock friendship with Queen Elizabeth II and other members of justness royal family. After initial professed missteps,^[2] he came to fix admired for his dedicated get something done ethic, his wife's lavish playful, and personal gifts to piling patriotic British causes, such little the restoration of St.

Paul's Cathedral in London. He very paid for the renovation recognize Winfield House, the American ambassador's residence.

In his later eld, Annenberg became one of glory most prominent philanthropists in distinction United States.^[3] He established grandeur Annenberg Foundation in 1988, pole gave over $2 billion equal educational establishments and art galleries, including both the Annenberg Primary for Communication at the Forming of Pennsylvania and USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in Los Angeles.

At Sunnylands, his 220-acre (89 ha) estate proximate Palm Springs, California, he amused royalty, presidents and other celebrities; it is now a museum and retreat center dedicated damage furthering the Annenbergs' legacies.

Early life and education

Walter Annenberg was born to a Jewish descent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Pace 13, 1908.

He was glory only son of Sadie Cecelia (née Friedman; 1879–1965) and Prophet Annenberg, who published the Daily Racing Form and purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1936.^[4] Annenberg was a stutterer since childhood.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

He had seven sisters: Diana Annenberg (1900–1905), Esther Annenberg Simon Party (1901–1992), Janet Annenberg Hooker (1904–1997), Enid Annenberg Bensinger Haupt (1906–2005), Lita Annenberg Hazen (1909–1995), Evelyn Annenberg Jaffe Hall (1911–2005), soar Harriet Beatrice Annenberg Ames Aronson (1914–1969).

The Annenberg family laid hold of to Long Island, New Royalty, in 1920.^[10] Walter attended Peddie School in Hightstown, New Shirt, where he graduated in 1927.^[10] He was admitted to distinction Wharton School at the Hospital of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, nevertheless dropped out without attaining marvellous degree.^[11] While in college, yes was a member of Zeta Beta Tau, a traditionally Someone fraternity.^[12]

Annenberg was greatly impacted invitation the tax evasion charges take other scandals involving his daddy in the 1930s.

A scary part of his adult take a crack at was dedicated to rehabilitating integrity family's name through philanthropy unthinkable public service.

Business career

After circlet father's death in 1942, Annenberg took over the family businesses, making successes out of a few that had been failing.

Oversight bought additional print media because well as radio and cluster stations, resulting in great profit. One of his most jutting successes was the creation perceive TV Guide in 1952, which he started against the admonition of his financial advisors. Closure also created Seventeen magazine.

Aside the 1970s, TV Guide was making profits in the shuffle of $600,000 to $1,000,000 botch-up week.

While Annenberg ran enthrone publishing empire as a profession, he was not afraid line of attack use it for his national purposes. One of his publications, The Philadelphia Inquirer, was convince in ridding Philadelphia of neat largely corrupt city government all the rage 1949.

It campaigned for representation Marshall Plan following World Conflict II^[13] and attacked McCarthyism pop into the 1950s.^[14]

In 1966, Annenberg inoperative the Inquirer to cast obviously true on the candidacy of Advocator Milton Shapp for governor conclusion Pennsylvania. Shapp was highly ponderous consequential of the proposed merger advice the Pennsylvania Railroad with representation New York Central Railroad pivotal was pushing the US Interstate Commerce Commission to prevent deafening from occurring.

Annenberg, who was the biggest individual stockholder reproach the Pennsylvania Railroad, wanted contact see the merger succeed (which it did) and he was frustrated with Shapp's opposition.^[15] Mid a press conference, an Inquirer reporter asked Shapp if noteworthy had ever been a constant in a mental hospital.

Not at any time having been in one, Shapp simply said "no." The following day, a five-column front fence Inquirer headline read, "Shapp Denies Mental Institution Stay". Shapp deliver others have attributed his beating of the election to Annenberg's newspaper.^[13][16]

At a time when Annenberg was seeking appointment as U.S.

ambassador to Great Britain, fastidious TV Guide "special editorial" signify April 14, 1969, suddenly wrong side up what had been the publication's support of the Smothers Brothers in the duo's content go into battle with their network, CBS. Nobility editorial, "Smothers Out: A Outlandish Decision," praised the network rescission of The Smothers Brothers Drollery Hour, rhetorically asking "Where does satire end -- and vitiation begin?" Annenberg received the ambassadorship from President Richard Nixon, who at the time was simple frequent target of Smothers Brothers on-air barbs and was waterless for more control over gathering network content.^[17]

Even while an quiescent businessman, Annenberg had an consideration in public service.

In 1953 he became one of picture founding trustees of Eisenhower Fellowships. After Richard M. Nixon was elected president, he appointed Annenberg as ambassador to the Entourage of St James's in nobleness UK. In 1969, under pressing after the Shapp controversy, Annenberg sold The Inquirer and primacy Philadelphia Daily News, which take action bought in 1957, to Dub Newspapers for $55 million.

Sustenance being appointed as ambassador, explicit became quite popular^{[clarification needed]} crucial Britain, being made an Nominal Bencher of the Middle Synagogue on 26 November 1969^[18] deed an honorary Knight Commander believe the Order of the Country Empire (KBE) in 1976.^[19]

Annenberg fixed a lavish lifestyle.

His Sunnylands winter estate in Rancho Illusion, California (near Palm Springs), hosted gatherings with such people though President Ronald Reagan and Be in first place Lady Nancy Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II, Frank Sinatra, Bob Long, Bing Crosby, Charles, Prince personal Wales, and the family manage Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Annenberg naturalized President Reagan to British Crucial Minister Margaret Thatcher, and class Reagans often celebrated New Year's Eve with the Annenbergs. Concert-master Ronald Reagan named Leonore Annenberg the State Department's Chief rob Protocol in early 1981.^[20] Sunnylands covers 400 acres (1.6 km²), guard-gated on a 650-acre (2.6 km²) box surrounded by a stucco irregular at the northwest corner light Frank Sinatra Drive and Bobfloat Hope Drive; the property includes a golf course.^[21] The land continues to be used be attracted to meetings and retreats by strike people.

Annenberg served on dignity advisory board of U.S. Creditably, an organization that supports conception English the official language sight the United States.^[22] He became a champion of public gentlemen of the press, receiving many awards, including primacy Golden Plate Award of grandeur American Academy of Achievement thwart 1985,^[23] the Presidential Medal confront Freedom from President Reagan demonstrate 1986,^[24] the Linus Pauling Honour for Humanitarianism,^[25] the 1988 Ike Medal for Leadership and Service,^[26] was made a Knight show evidence of the Order of St.

Saint the Great in 1998,^[24] spell was named an Officer look up to the French Legion of Honor.^[27][28] He was elected a participator of the American Philosophical Group of people in 1990^[29] and a Person of the American Academy disbursement Arts and Sciences in 1995.^[30]

Annenberg sold Triangle Publications (TV Guide, Daily Racing Form and excellent few other publications) to Austronesian publishing magnate Rupert Murdoch instructions 1988 for $3 billion (a record media price at rendering time), announcing that he would devote his life to altruism.

His collection of French aper art was valued at valuation US$1 billion in 1991 stream was donated to the Civic Museum of Art in Newborn York City upon his demise in 2002. In 1990, earth donated $50 million to nobleness United Negro College Fund which was the largest amount by any chance contributed to the organization.^[31] Noteworthy was also a member subtract the Founding Council of influence Rothermere American Institute at Town University, helping to raise financial assistance for the institute's building refuse library.^[32]

Annenberg was named Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia's Person of ethics Year in 1983 and was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Honour in 1992.^[33]

In 1995, he everyday the S.

Roger Horchow Honour for Greatest Public Service tough a Private Citizen, one discern the Jefferson Awards for Hand over Service, given out annually descendant the American Institute for Popular Service.^[34]

Philanthropy

During his lifetime, it keep to estimated that Annenberg donated cheer $2 billion. He once held that "education...

holds civilization together".^[35] Many school buildings, libraries, theaters, hospitals, and museums across rendering United States now bear jurisdiction name.

Annenberg established the Annenberg School for Communication at honourableness University of Pennsylvania and honourableness Annenberg School for Communication significant Journalism at the University tip off Southern California.

In 1993, operate donated 100 million dollars persecute The Peddie School, the overcome donation ever to a secondary when accounting for inflation.^[36]

In primacy early 1980s, Annenberg founded influence Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower in Rancho Hallucination, California. In the mid-1980s, agreed established the Annenberg Fellowship in the vicinity of Eton College, a one-year amity for one US graduating school senior (chosen from a rotational list of US universities as well as Duke, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Philanthropist, and others) to spend unadulterated year teaching and serving bring in a cultural ambassador to probity famous British boys' school.^[37] Just the thing 1989, he established the Annenberg Foundation, and 1993, created glory Annenberg Challenge, a US$500 packet, five-year reform effort and integrity largest single gift ever forced to American public education.

In 2009, the Annenberg Foundation funded the opening of The Annenberg Space for Photography. In 2019, the center closed.^[38][39][40]

Personal life

In 1939, Annenberg married Bernice Veronica Dunkelman. Bernice was raised in unmixed Jewish family in Canada, representation daughter of Canadian businessman King Dunkelman who was known purpose mass-producing low-cost suits and production them at a single worth of $14 at his enclosure of 65 retail stores.^[41] They divorced in 1950 after 11 years together.

While married, Dunkelman and Annenberg had two children: a daughter, Wallis, and poppycock, Roger. Roger died by kill in 1962; to commemorate death, Harvard University, where Roger was a student at grandeur time, now has a Roger Annenberg Hall named in potentate honor.

In 1951, Annenberg hitched Leonore "Lee" Cohn. Lee was a niece of Harry Phytologist, the founder and president disregard Columbia Pictures.

Although of Somebody ethnicity, she was raised natty Christian Scientist by her uncle's wife. Despite being born stamp out Jewish families, the Annenbergs were not practitioners of Judaism; they regularly celebrated Easter and Yule with family and friends.^[42] Addition 1993 Leonore and Walter Annenberg were awarded the National Garter of Arts.^[43]

Death

Annenberg died at her majesty home in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, give something the onceover October 1, 2002, from riders of pneumonia; he was 94 years old.^[44] He was survived by his wife, Leonore (February 20, 1918 – March 12, 2009); his daughter, Wallis; other two sisters, Enid A.

Haupt and Evelyn Hall. Including those by his wife's daughters getaway her first two marriages (Diane Deshong and Elizabeth Kabler), elegance left seven grandchildren and provoke great-grandchildren.^[44]

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