Stuart Scheftel was an American businessman, journalist, politician, and golfer.
23 Facts About Stuart Scheftel
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Stuart Scheftel's father died in 1914, and on July 26,1917, his mother married George A Dixon Jr.
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Stuart Scheftel first sold subscriptions and then was an office clerk before he became a reporter.
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Stuart Scheftel left the newspaper in 1935 to found Young America, a weekly news magazine for use in classrooms, with backing from Marshall Field III.
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Also in the late 1930s, Stuart Scheftel launched another magazine, Sports Illustrated.
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However, a shortage of paper forced Stuart Scheftel to discontinue one of his two publications.
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Stuart Scheftel ended the sports magazine in order to focus on Young America.
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The name Sports Illustrated went unused until 1954, when Stuart Scheftel talked with Harry Phillips, the publisher of a new and not-yet-named sports magazine being started by Time Inc Stuart Scheftel offered to sell the Sports Illustrated title "for something in the low five figures" plus a free subscription.
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From April 18,1952, until December 19,1952, Stuart Scheftel was host of The Hot Seat, a 30-minute American Broadcasting Company television program on which he and a guest interviewed public figures, including Joseph McCarthy and Tex McCrary.
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In 1942, Stuart Scheftel lost as a Republican candidate for the 14th Congressional District in Manhattan.
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Stuart Scheftel chaired the Committee at Large advisory group for the Liberal Party.
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In 1950, Stuart Scheftel was in charge of press relations for the Senate Crime Investigating Committee, with Estes Kefauver at its head.
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Stuart Scheftel became vice-chair of the Liberal Party, a position from which he resigned in 1980, protesting the party's endorsement of John B Anderson for president.
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On January 8,1969, Stuart Scheftel became the chairman of the New York City Youth Board, of which he had been a member since 1966.
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Stuart Scheftel was a co-founder of the Pan Am Building in New York City, and he was a director of Bullington Realty Corporation, Transcontinental Properties, Inc and the New York Post.
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Stuart Scheftel founded and was president of the Museum of Famous People in New York City.
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Stuart Scheftel compared the figures to those found in wax museums but they were made of vinyl plastic rather than wax.
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In 1951, Stuart Scheftel acquired the television rights to the "My Most Unforgettable Character" feature of Reader's Digest magazine.
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Stuart Scheftel planned to produce a series of 30-minute TV programs using material taken from the 130 sketches that had been published up to that time.
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Stuart Scheftel participated in amateur golf tournaments in Europe and the United States, including the 1932 British Open, the 1932 Dixie Amateur Golf Tournament, and the 1939 Maine Open Amateur.
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Stuart Scheftel wed actress Geraldine Fitzgerald on September 10,1946, in Los Angeles, and they remained married for 47 years.
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Stuart Scheftel died on January 20,1994, in New York Hospital, aged 83.
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Stuart Scheftel is buried beside Fitzgerald in Woodlawn Cemetery, in the Bronx, New York.