Thomas E. Dewey Jr. | |
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Born | Thomas Edmund Dewey Jr. (1932-10-02)October 2, 1932 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | December 6, 2021(2021-12-06) (aged 89) New York City, New York, U.S. |
Education | Princeton University (BA)[1] Harvard University (MBA) |
Occupation(s) | Business partner and executive chairman, Dewey, Devlin, Metz & King, LLC Board of trustees member, Scripps Research Institute |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Father | Thomas E. Dewey |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Jr. (October 2, 1932 – December 6, 2021)[2][3] was an American businessman inNew York City. He was the elder son ofThomas E. Dewey, a formergovernor of New York and two-timeRepublican presidential nominee.
Dewey was born in New York City, the son ofThomas E. Dewey, a formergovernor of New York and aRepublican candidate for president in1944 and1948, and his wife Frances Hutt. He earned aBA fromPrinceton University and an MBA from theHarvard Business School.
He was a member of Dewey, Devlin, Metz & King LLC, which he helped to co-found in 1994.[4] Prior to that, he was a member of McFarland Dewey & Co., a New York City investment banking firm specializing in advisory and agency services for corporate and government clients. He joined the investment banking firm ofKuhn, Loeb & Co. after graduation in 1958 and was a member of the firm's executive committee when he retired to form his own firm in 1975. From then until 1989, he was president of Thomas E. Dewey Jr. & Co., Inc., a financial advisory services firm.
Dewey was also on the board of trustees ofScripps Research Institute. Dewey servedLenox Hill Hospital as an active trustee beginning in 1959 and chairman emeritus from 1993 until his death. He also served as Vice Chairman of the New York City Housing Development Corporation from 1972 to 1989. He served in theUnited States Army.
In 1959, Dewey married the former Ann Reynolds Lawler, and they had three children: Thomas Edmund Lawler Dewey, a litigator with Dewey, Pegno & Kramarsky LLP, Elizabeth Dewey Grattan, a television and content producer onFull Frontal Fashion, and George Dewey, who was named president ofRyan Reynolds'sMaximum Effort in 2018.[5][6]
Dewey died on December 6, 2021, in New York City at age 89.
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