Malcolm Greene Chace
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March 12, 1875 Central Falls, Rhode Island |
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| Died | July 16, 1955 (aged 80) Hyannis, Massachusetts |
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| Resting place | Swan Point Cemetery | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Yale University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Financier, businessman, tennis player, hockey captain | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Known for | "father of hockey in the United States"; winning U.S. Championships doubles title in tennis; brought electricity to the northeast US; director of company that later became Berkshire Hathaway | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Edwards, Kathleen Dunster | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Malcolm Greene Chace, Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent(s) | Arnold Buffum Chace and Eliza Greene Chace | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turned pro | 1890 (amateur tour) |
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| Retired | 1910 |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1961 (member page) |
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| Highest ranking | No. 3 (1895 U.S. ranking) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| US Open | SF (1894) |
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| US Open | W (1895) |
Malcolm Greene Chace (March 12, 1875 – July 16, 1955) was an American financier and textile industrialist who was instrumental in bringing electric power to New England. He introduced ice hockey to the United States, and was Yale University's first hockey captain. He was also an amateur tennis player whose highest ranking was U.S. No. 3 in 1895.
Chace was born March 12, 1875 in Central Falls, Rhode Island into the illustrious Chace family. Malcolm's great grandfather Oliver Chace was a textile mill owner, whose company later became Berkshire Hathaway. His grandmother was anti-slavery activist Elizabeth Buffum Chace. His parents were Brown University chancellor Arnold Buffum Chace and Eliza Greene Chace. His son, Malcolm Greene Chace, Jr. and grandson Malcolm Greene Chace III also became directors of Berkshire Hathaway.
Chace attended Brown, but transferred to Yale and graduated from Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1896, attaining some fame as a tennis player at both schools. He lived for some time in Providence, Rhode Island, but spent the last 10 years of his life at 60 Sutton Place in New York City and at his summer home in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
Chace's first wife Elizabeth Edwards died in 1947. His second wife Kathleen Dunster, outlived him. He had two sons (Malcolm Greene Chace, Jr. and Arnold B. Chace III) and three daughters.
Malcolm played for both Brown and Yale while still a student. When he graduated from Yale in 1896, he also retired from tennis, but not before setting a record by winning the US Intercollegiate Singles and Doubles titles for three consecutive years (1893–95).
In July 1894 he won the Tuxedo tournament in New York defeating Clarence Hobart in the final in five sets. He successfully defended his title the following year when he was victorious against future seven-time U.S. Championship winner Bill Larned in straight sets.
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