1. Walter Hoving was a Swedish-born American businessman and writer.
16 Facts About Walter Hoving
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Walter Hoving was a son of Johannes Hoving, a surgeon, and Helga Hoving, an opera singer.
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Walter Hoving completed his school education at the Barnard School and De Witt Clinton High School in New York City.
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Walter Hoving studied arts at Metropolitan Museum for four years to enhance his knowledge of painting, textile design and furniture.
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Walter Hoving founded the Walter Hoving Corporation in 1946, which included Bonwit Teller until he sold it in 1960.
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Walter Hoving hired Van Day Truex, a design director and allowed him to design freely without worrying about selling it.
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Walter Hoving hired famous designers like Jean Schlumberger, Elsa Peretti, and Gene Moore.
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Once in 1960, Walter Hoving met then President-elect, after store hours, and assisted him in selecting a brooch by Jean Schlumberger with rubies and diamonds for Jacqueline Kennedy.
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Walter Hoving's responded with the gist that they don't sell plastic.
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Walter Hoving resigned following year and started his own consulting firm that specialized in retail design and management and started work on his memoirs that were never published.
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Walter Hoving focused his efforts on his philanthropic activities and stayed at his home in Newport, Rhode Island.
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In 1924, Walter Hoving married Mary Osgood Field, the daughter of Thomas Pearsall Field and Emma Beadleston.
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Walter Hoving married former singer Jane Pickens Langley in 1977, and their marriage lasted until his death.
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Walter Hoving died at Newport Hospital in Newport at the age of 91 on November 27,1989.
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Walter Hoving was survived by a son, daughter, and four grandchildren, John Hoving, Samuel Osgood Hoving, Thomas Durand and Petrea Hoving.
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Walter Hoving was a co-founder of the Salvation Army Association of New York, and gave his time to the United Negro College Fund and the United Service Organizations, USO.