Links Club

Links Club in November 2023

The Links is a private club in New York City. It is located at 36 East 62nd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.[1][2] Charles B. Macdonald, a golf champion and founder of the United States Golf Association, started the Links in 1917 as a place where powerful members of the golf world could keep the true spirit of the game alive.

History

The club was established in 1916–1917 by Charles B. Macdonald, in a building designed in the Georgian Revival architectural style by Cross & Cross.[2][3] In the 1960s, it was "a preferred social gathering spot for America's most powerful chief executives."[4] By 2010, it was still a "preserve of the old banking elite", but not all members were WASPs.[1]

Notable members in 1955

Source:[5]

A sampling of members in 1955 is listed below:

Government and diplomacy

Military

Industry

Finance

  • Norborne Berkeley, president of Chemical Bank
  • Edward Eagle Brown, chairman of the First National Bank of Chicago
  • Paul C. Cabot, founded State Street Corporation and started the first mutual fund
  • Asa V. Call, president of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company
  • Jean Cattier, Partner at White Weld & Co, and Chairman of the European American Bank[6]
  • George Champion, chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank
  • J. Luther Cleveland, chairman of the Guaranty Trust Company
  • S. Sloan Colt, president of the Bankers Trust Company
  • Isaac B. Grainger, president of Chemical Bank and future president U.S.G.A.
  • Benjamin H. Griswold III, chairman of Alex, Brown
  • E. Roland Harriman, co-founder of Brown Brothers Harriman
  • Devereux C. Josephs, chairman of the Board New York Life Insurance
  • John J. McCloy, future chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank, President World Bank
  • Henry S. Morgan, grandson of J.P. Morgan and co-founder of Morgan Stanley
  • Ralph Owen, chairman of American Express
  • Elmore C. Patterson, future CEO of J.P. Morgan
  • Ralph T. Reed, future CEO of American Express
  • David Rockefeller, future chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank
  • J. Stillman Rockefeller, president National City Bank
  • Howard C. Sheperd, chairman of National City Bank
  • Harold Stanley, co-founder of Morgan Stanley
  • Dean Witter, founder of Dean Witter investment firm

Aircraft and aviation

Born rich

  • Marshall Field, heir to the department store fortune
  • James H. McGraw Jr., heir to the book publishing company
  • Paul Mellon, heir to the Mellon banking fortune and philanthropist
  • Howard Phipps, heir to the Carnegie Steel partner Henry Phipps Jr.
  • Joseph N. Pew, heir to Sun Oil fortune, co-founder of the Pew Charitable Trusts
  • J. Watson Webb, film maker and heir to the Vanderbilt fortune

Golf and other pursuits

Other

Source:[5]

Other References

References

  1. ^ a b Frank, Robert (May 15, 2010). "That Bright, Dying Star, the American WASP". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Gray, Christopher (July 16, 2006). "A Notable Block With a Hole in Its Heart". The New York Times. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  3. ^ Dolkart, Andrew (1998). Guide to New York City Landmarks. New York: John Wiley & Sons. p. 155. ISBN 9780471182894. OCLC 36922554. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Waterhouse, Benjamin C. (2013). Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 76–77. ISBN 9780691149165. OCLC 867926037. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  5. ^ a b "The most powerful Club in the World".
  6. ^ https://whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu/power/bohemian_grove_appendix.pdf
  7. ^ "Business Legend Jack Massey Dies". The Palm Beach Daily News. February 16, 1990. pp. 1, 4. Retrieved December 17, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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