Profile
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
Yachtsman + Champion + Bridge Player
Male
Born
Jul 6, 1884
Hometown
Oakdale, New York
Died
Jul 4, 1970
Death Place
Newport, Rhode Is...
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, a champion bridge player and a member of the Vanderbilt family.
Family
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Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
d.1970
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News + Updates
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It Was 1938, And Few Believed The Fishermens' Warnings The Suffolk TimesGoogle News - Aug 26, 2011
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The Bridge Playing Champion Of Wall Street Wall Street Journal (Blog)Google News - Jun 22, 2011
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Legendary J Class Yachts Return To Newport Just Luxe.ComGoogle News - Jun 06, 2011
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The Man Who Played Rockefeller Wall Street JournalGoogle News - May 26, 2011
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Harold Stirling Vanderbilt.
CHILDHOOD
1884
Birth
Born on July 6, 1884.
TWENTIES
1910
26 Years Old
He was educated by tutors and at private schools including St. Mark's School, Harvard College (AB 1907), and Harvard Law School, graduating in 1910.
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THIRTIES
In March 1917 Vanderbilt was commissioned a lieutenant (junior grade) in the United States Navy Reserve.
On 17 July 1918 he was reassigned to the US Navy forces in Europe and reported to Submarine Chaser Detachment 3 at Queenstown, Ireland in August.
1920
36 Years Old
On his father's death in 1920, Harold inherited a fortune that included the Idle Hour country estate at Oakdale, New York, (on Long Island) and equity in the following railway companies:
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1922
38 Years Old
As an adult, he pursued his interest in yachting, winning six "King's Cups" and five Astor Cups at regattas between 1922 and 1938.
FORTIES
1925
41 Years Old
In 1925, he built his own luxurious vacation home at Palm Beach, Florida that he called "El Solano."
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1930
46 Years Old
His victory put him on the cover of the September 15, 1930, issue of Time magazine.
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FIFTIES
1935
51 Years Old
In the fall of 1935, Harold began a study of the yacht racing rules with three friends: Philip J. Roosevelt, President of the North American Yacht Racing Union (predecessor to US SAILING); Van Merle-Smith, President of the Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound; and Henry H. Anderson. "The four men began by attempting to take the right-of-way rules as they were and amending them.
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1936
52 Years Old
In 1936, Vanderbilt, with assistance from the other three had developed an alternative set of rules, printed them, and mailed a copy to every yachtsman that Harold knew personally or by name in both the United States and England.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1963
79 Years Old
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In 1963, Harold Vanderbilt assisted the Preservation Society of Newport County in acquiring the Marble House summer estate in Newport, Rhode Island, sold by his mother more than thirty years earlier.
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1964
80 Years Old
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When the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Hall of Fame was inaugurated in 1964, Vanderbilt was one of the first three persons elected.
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