Schuyler Chapin
| Schuyler Garrison Chapin | |
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| General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera | |
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In office 1972–1974 |
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| Preceded by | Göran Gentele |
| Succeeded by | Anthony A. Bliss |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 13, 1923 New York City |
| Died | March 7, 2009 (aged 86) New York City |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Steinway (m. 1947–1993; her death) Catia Zoullas Mortimer (m. 1995–2009; his death) |
| Parents | Lindley Hoffman Paul Chapin Leila Howard Burden |
| Education | Millbrook School |
| Awards | Légion d'honneur (2002) |
Schuyler Garrison Chapin (February 13, 1923 – March 7, 2009) was an Assistant General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera and Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for New York City during the administration of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. He famously noted of his work, that: "There is nothing simple in the world of the arts" (New York Times, 1995).
Schuyler Garrison Chapin was born on February 13, 1923. He was the son of Lindley Hoffman Paul Chapin (1888–1938) and Leila Howard (née Burden) (1899–1967).
Chapin is a ninth generation descendant of Captain Philip Pieterse Schuyler (1628–1683), who settled in New Netherland around 1650, with his brother David Pietersen Schuyler. Chapin's maternal pedigree extends to include: Priv. Isaac Kingsland (1710–1803); Third Battalion, of the New Jersey Continental Line, who married 3 Jun. 1741 Joanna (née Schuyler); Chapin's sixth great grandparents removed. Their granddaughter Catherine Schuyler (née Kingsland) married Capt. Oliver Garrison; Chapin's fourth great grandparents removed; parents of Commodore Cornelius Kingsland Garrison; whose granddaughter Cornelia Garrison (née Van Auken) married Lindley Hoffman Chapin; paternal grandparents of Schuyler G. Chapin.
Through the Schuyler and Van Rensselaer families of New York and New Jersey, Schuyler G. Chapin is the third cousin sixth removed of Elizabeth "Betsy" (Schuyler); wife of First U. S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton; daughter of Maj. Gen. Philip John Schuyler, Jr., who was one of four major generals named by Congress in 1775, and third cousin fifth removed of Chapin. Major General Schuyler served instrumentally in the Burgoyne Campaign (1777).[1]
His paternal side descends in the ninth generation from early English Puritan Deacon Samuel Chapin who arrived in America, from Devonshire, between 1633–1635, and was later one of the founders of Springfield, Massachusetts.
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