George Washington Vanderbilt III
| George Washington Vanderbilt III | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 23, 1913 Newport, Rhode Island |
| Died | June 24, 1961 (aged 47) Mark Hopkins Hotel San Francisco, California |
| Education |
St. Paul's School Adirondack-Florida School |
| Spouse(s) |
Louise Parsons (m. 1935–50) Anita Zabala Howard (m. 1950–58) Joyce Branning (m. 1958–61) Louise Mitchell Paine (m. 1961–61) |
| Children | Lucille Vanderbilt |
| Parent(s) |
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Margaret Emerson |
| Awards | Legion of Merit |
George Washington Vanderbilt III (September 23, 1913 – June 24, 1961) was a yachtsman and a scientific explorer who was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family.
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, he was the son of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and his second wife, Margaret Emerson. He was the brother of Alfred G. Vanderbilt II and a half-brother to William Henry Vanderbilt III from his father's first marriage to Ellen "Elsie" French. In 1915, when George was only a year old, his father perished in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. His inheritance was estimated as high as US$40,000,000 (equivalent to $946,973,684 in 2016). He received the first quarter of his inheritance at 21, then 25, 30, and the last at 35. His mother, Margaret, remarried two more times, first to Raymond T. Baker, with whom she had a daughter, Gloria Baker (1920–1975), and second, to Charles Minot Amory.
He was the grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt and Alice Claypoole Gwynne and was named in honor of his great-great-uncle George Washington Vanderbilt and his great-uncle George Washington Vanderbilt II. Vanderbilt's maternal grandfather, Isaac E. Emerson, was a very wealthy businessman who made a fortune in a variety of business ventures including patent medicines, the most notable of which was Bromo-Seltzer. A sailing enthusiast, Emerson instilled a love for the sport in young George from an early age and as an adult, he used his sailing skills and wealth for scientific research.
He attended the St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire and the Adirondack-Florida School studying at the Saranac branch in New York as well as in Miami.
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