Richard Gilder

For the American poet and editor, see Richard Watson Gilder.

Richard Gilder, Jr. (born May 31, 1932),[1] co-founder of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History heads the brokerage firm Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co. The firm's specialty is trading leveraged stocks and shortselling.[2]

Early life and education

Born on May 31, 1932, Gilder attended Northfield Mount Hermon School before enrolling in Yale College, graduating in 1954 with a BA in history.[3] He received a Doctor of Humane Letters in 2007 from Yale. He provided $4 million, over half the necessary funding, in honor of his daughter, Virginia Anne, a two-time Olympian, for the recently completed Gilder Boathouse for Yale rowers.The boathouse carries only the Gilder last name to honor three generations of Yale alumni.[3][4]

Career

After working at the brokerage firm of A.G. Becker & Co., Gilder founded the firm now known as Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co. in 1968.[5] He is chairman of the executive committee at the New-York Historical Society and serves on the executive board of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. With Lewis Lehrman he is a co-founder (1994) and trustee of the Gilder Lehrman Institute. He is also a trustee of the Morgan Library and Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, the Central Park Conservancy,[6] and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. He is chairman emeritus of the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think-tank,[7] and the Club for Growth, a conservative political action committee,[8] to which his ex-wife Virginia James continues to be a major donor.[9] In 2005 Gilder and Lewis Lehrman received the National Humanities Medal for their work promoting the study of American history.[10] He has now set up a PhD. program at the American Museum of Natural History in his own name, the Richard Gilder Graduate School at AMNH.[11]

Personal life

Gilder has four children.[5] His daughter Virginia Gilder (born 1958), also a Yale graduate,[3] was a member of the American women's quadruple sculls team that won the silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[12] and is a co-owner of the Seattle Storm, a professional women's basketball team in the WNBA.[13]

In 2005 he married former model and actress Lois Chiles.[14] Her paternal uncle was oil tycoon Eddie Chiles.[15]

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ http://www.gghc.com/AboutUs/what.aspx Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co website – About Us
  3. 1 2 3 Borzilleri, Meri-Jo (March–April 2011). "Taking Seattle by Storm". Yale Alumni Magazine. Gilder's father, Richard Gilder '54, gave $4 million toward the current crew boathouse, completed in 2000.
  4. ↑ YALE Bulletin & Calendar, Volume 35, Number 30, June 15, 2007
  5. 1 2 "Q&A with Richard Gilder & Lewis Lehrman". C-SPAN. June 26, 2005.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Board of Trustees". Manhattan Institute.
  8. ↑ "Board of Directors". Club for Growth.
  9. ↑ Cooper, Kent (20 March 2014). "Club for Growth Action Gets $1 Million Donation". Roll Call. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "Advisory Board". The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
  11. ↑ "First US Museum to Award Ph.D. Degree: Dean John Flynn Assumes Helm at Richard Gilder Graduate School at AMNH". Education Update Online. February 2009.
  12. ↑ "Ginny Gilder biography and Olympic results". Sports Reference LLC.
  13. ↑ Brewer, Jerry (September 25, 2012). "Storm co-owner Gilder's resolve takes your breath away". Seattle Times.
  14. ↑ "Lois Chiles Talks About Being a Bond Girl". The New York Times. November 7, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Lois Chiles: biography". SuperiorPics.com.

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