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Walter Hubert Annenberg

His Excellency
Walter Annenberg
KBE KSG
Walter Annenberg 1981.jpg
Walter Annenberg, 1981
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
April 29, 1969 – October 30, 1974
Monarch Elizabeth II
President Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Prime Minister Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Harold Wilson
Preceded by David K. E. Bruce
Succeeded by Elliot Richardson
Personal details
Born (1908-03-13)March 13, 1908
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Died October 1, 2002(2002-10-01) (aged 94)
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Resting place Sunnylands, Rancho Mirage, California
33°46′34″N 116°24′43″W / 33.776°N 116.412°W / 33.776; -116.412
Nationality United States
Spouse(s)
  • Veronica Dunkelman (m. 1938; div. 1950)
  • Leonore Cohn (m. 1951)
Relations
  • Diana Annenberg (sis.; 1900–05)
  • Esther Levee (sis.; 1901–92)
  • Janet Hooker (sis.; 1904–97)
  • Enid Haupt (sis.; 1906–2005)
  • Lita Hazen (sis.; 1909–19)
  • Evelyn Hall (sis.; 1911–2005)
  • Harriet Aronson (sis.; 1914–69)
  • 7 grandchildren
  • 6 great-grandchildren
Children Wallis (b. 1939)
Roger (1940–62)
Parents Moses Annenberg (1877–1942)
Sadie Cecelia née Freedman (1879–1965)
Residence Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Rancho Mirage, California
Occupation Publisher
Diplomat
Awards Legion Honneur Officier ribbon.svg Officier of Legion of Honour
Presidential Medal of Freedom (ribbon).png Presidential Medal of Freedom (1986)
Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.png Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1976)
Order of St. Gregory the Great.png Knight of Order of St. Gregory the Great
Eisenhower Medal for Leadership and Service (1988)
Linus Pauling Medal for Humanitarianism
Website Annenberg Foundation

Walter Hubert Annenberg (March 13, 1908 – October 1, 2002) was an American publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat. He built up his family’s magazine business with great success, extending it into radio and TV. At Sunnylands, his estate near Palm Springs, California, he entertained royalty, presidents and other celebrities. He was US Ambassador to the UK from 1969 to 1974. A philanthropist, he was a trustee of the Eisenhower Fellowships, and is believed to have donated $2 billion to educational establishments and art galleries. He is remembered for his media campaigns against the Barnes Foundation and the wish to relocate its art collection.

Walter Annenberg was born to a Jewish family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 13, 1908. He was the only son of Sadie Cecelia née Freedman (1879–1965) and Moses "Moe" Louis Annenberg, who published the Daily Racing Form and purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1936. Annenberg was a stutterer since childhood.

He had seven sisters, whose names were Diana Annenberg (1900–1905), Esther "Aye" Annenberg Simon Levee (1901–1992), Janet Annenberg Hooker (1904–1997), Enid Annenberg Haupt (1906–2005), Lita Annenberg Hazen (1909–1995), Evelyn Annenberg Jaffe Hall (1911–2005), and Harriet Beatrice Annenberg Ames Aronson (1914–1969).

The Annenberg family moved to Long Island, New York, in 1920, and Walter attended high school at the Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey, graduating in 1927. He dropped out of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, never attaining a college degree. While in college, he was a member of Zeta Beta Tau, a traditionally Jewish fraternity.


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