Private club in New York City
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.
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] [ 4] elite ", but not all members were WASPs .[ 1]
Notable members in 1955 [ edit ] Source:[ 5]
A sampling of members in 1955 is listed below:
Government and diplomacy [ edit ] Dwight D. Eisenhower , President of the United StatesWinthrop W. Aldrich , ambassador to Great BritainArthur A. Ballantine , Undersecretary of the Treasury and lawyerPrescott S. Bush , U.S. Senator and father of President Bush (41)Charles E. Daniel , U.S. Senator from South CarolinaThomas E. Dewey , governor of New YorkC. Douglas Dillon , U.S. ambassador to France, Future Secretary of the TreasuryJoseph E. Davies , U.S. ambassador to the Soviet UnionThomas S. Gates , Jr., future U.S. Secretary of DefenseWalter S. Gifford , former chairman of A T & T, former Ambassador to the U.K.Stanton Griffis , U.S. ambassador to Poland, Egypt, Spain and ArgentinaAmory Houghton , CEO, Corning Glass Works, future U.S. CongressmanGeorge M. Humphrey , Secretary of the TreasuryHerbert C. Hoover Jr. , son of the 31st President, Undersecretary of State and a member of the President's cabinetJohn A. McCone , future director of the C.I.A.Jean Monnet , diplomat and founding father of the European UnionWinthrop Rockefeller , son of John D. Rockefeller and Governor of ArkansasSir William Wiseman , British intelligence agent and bankerCyrus R. Vance , future U.S. Secretary of StateJohn Hay Whitney , future U.S. Ambassador to Great BritainOscar C. Badger , a four-star admiral in the U.S. NavyRalph A. Bard , undersecretary of the U.S. NavyDunbar W. Bostwick, lt. colonel, U.S. Army, helped organize Normandy invasion
Lucius D. Clay , U.S. general, Eisenhower deputy and "father" of the Berlin airliftRobert A. Lovett , former U.S. Secretary of DefensePaul Nitze , future Secretary of the NavyElwood R. Quesada , lieutenant general, U.S.A.F.Stanley R. Resor , future U.S. Secretary of the ArmyKenneth Royall , Army brigadier general, last person to serve as Secretary of WarJames Hopkins Smith Jr. , U.S. Secretary of the NavyWilliam Bedell Smith, Eisenhower's chief of staff in WWII, four-star general, former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union and former C.I.A director
Harold E. Talbott , Secretary of the Air ForceJames H. Doolittle , U.S. general and famed aviatorSewell L. Avery , chairman of Montgomery WardStephen D. Bechtel of the engineering and construction companySosthenes Behn , founder of ITT CorporationRoger M. Blough , president of U.S. Steel CorporationHarold Boeschenstein , chairman of Owens-CorningRichard L. Bowditch , chairman U.S. Chamber of CommerceH.S.M. Burns , British president of Shell Oil CompanyLouis S. Cates , Chairman of Phelps DodgeOwen R. Cheatham , chairman of Georgia Pacific CorporationColby M. Chester , chairman of General Foods CorporationHugh J. Chisholm , president of International PaperGeorge H. Coppers , chairman of NabiscoCleo F. Craig , president of AT&TWalter F. Dillingham , “the Baron of Hawaiian Industry”Richard R. Depree , president of Procter & GambleBenjamin F. Fairless , CEO of U.S. SteelHenry Ford II , president of the Ford Motor CompanyJ. Peter Grace Jr. , Grace Chemical CEOAugustus C. Long , CEO of TexacoHenry R. Luce , publisher of Time MagazineJoseph H. McConnell , former president of NBCGeorge W. Merck , president of Merck pharmaceuticalsRoger Milliken , CEO of Milliken textilesMorehead Patterson , chairman of AMFG. Willing Pepper , president of the Scott Paper CompanyGwilym A. Price , president of WestinghouseEdgar Monsanto Queeny , chairman of Monsanto CorporationDonald J. Russell , future CEO of Southern Pacific RailroadSidney A. Swensrud , chairman Gulf OilWalter C. Teagle , retired chairman of Standard OilThomas J. Watson Jr. , president of IBMCharles E. Wilson , former president of General ElectricNorborne Berkeley , president of Chemical BankEdward Eagle Brown , chairman of the First National Bank of ChicagoPaul C. Cabot , founded State Street Corporation and started the first mutual fundAsa V. Call , president of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance CompanyJean Cattier , Partner at White Weld & Co, and Chairman of the European American Bank[ 6] George Champion , chairman, Chase Manhattan BankJ. Luther Cleveland , chairman of the Guaranty Trust CompanyS. Sloan Colt , president of the Bankers Trust CompanyIsaac B. Grainger , president of Chemical Bank and future president U.S.G.A.Benjamin H. Griswold III , chairman of Alex, BrownE. Roland Harriman , co-founder of Brown Brothers HarrimanDevereux C. Josephs , chairman of the Board New York Life InsuranceJohn J. McCloy , future chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank, President World BankHenry S. Morgan , grandson of J.P. Morgan and co-founder of Morgan StanleyRalph Owen , chairman of American ExpressElmore C. Patterson , future CEO of J.P. MorganRalph T. Reed , future CEO of American ExpressDavid Rockefeller , future chairman of the Chase Manhattan BankJ. Stillman Rockefeller , president National City BankHoward C. Sheperd , chairman of National City BankHarold Stanley , co-founder of Morgan StanleyDean Witter , founder of Dean Witter investment firmAircraft and aviation [ edit ] Golf and other pursuits [ edit ] Morton G. Bogue , former president of the U.S.G.A.C. Suydam Cutting , explorerDonald K. David , dean of the Harvard Business SchoolArthur H. Dean , chairman of the law firm Sullivan & CromwellChilds Frick , paleontologist and son of Steel magnate Henry Clay FrickTotton P. Heffelfinger , president of the U.S.G.A.Eugene V. Homans . Bobby Jones defeated Homans at Merion to win the grand slam in 1930Roger D. Lapham , Mayor of San Francisco and co-founder of Cypress Point ClubRobert Montgomery , actorAlfred Easton Poor , architectRoland L. Redmond , president Metropolitan Museum of ArtArchie M. Reid , secretary of the U.S.G.A.Clifford Roberts , co-founder of Augusta National Golf Club1955 members featured on the cover of Time Magazine [ edit ] Source:[ 5]
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