Herbert Hutner

Herbert Loeb Hutner (December 21, 1908 – December 7, 2008) was an American private investment banker, attorney and philanthropist.

Herbert Hutner
Born
Herbert Loeb Hutner

(1908-12-21)December 21, 1908
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 7, 2008(2008-12-07) (aged 99)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationPrivate investment banker, attorney
Spouse(s)
    ​
    (
    m. 1962; div. 1966)
      Juli Reding
      ​
      (
      m. 1969; died 2001)
      Children2

      Early life

      Hutner was born on December 21, 1908 in New York City.[1][2][3] He graduated from Columbia University in 1928 and received a law degree from the Columbia Law School in 1931.[2][3][4]

      Career

      Hutner started his career on Wall Street, founding Osterman & Hutner with Lester Osterman.[1][2][3] He then served as the Chairman of Sleight & Hellmuth Inc., Pressed Metals of America, Struthers Wells Corp. and the Platinum Mining Co.[2][3] Later, he served as the President of the New England Life Insurance Co.[1][2][3]

      Hutner was chairman of the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts from 1982 to 1990, serving under Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.[1][3][4]

      Philanthropy

      Hutner made charitable contributions to the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA and the Young Musicians Foundation.[2] Additionally, he was a co-founder of the Los Angeles Music Center.[2]

      Personal life

      Hutner was married three times.[3] With his first wife, Marjorie Mayer, he had a son, Jeffrey Hutner (b. 1942), and a daughter, Lynn M. Collwell (b. 1945). His second wife was Zsa Zsa Gabor; they married on November 5, 1962.[1][2] They divorced on March 3, 1966.[2] He married his third wife Juli Reding (1936), an actress, on her 33rd birthday, November 28, 1969.[1][2]

      Death

      Hutner died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on December 7, 2008, just 2 weeks before his 100th Birthday.[1][2][3]

      References
      1. The Associated Press, Herbert L. Hutner, Arts Adviser, Is Dead at 99, The New York Times, December 19, 2008
      2. Times Staff Reports, Herbert L. Hutner dies at 99; former chairman of President's Advisory Committee on the Arts, The Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2008
      3. Obituaries, Columbia College Today, July/August 2009
      4. Herbert L. Hutner ’31, Columbia Law School Magazine, December 7, 2008
      Husband of a Gabor Sister
      Preceded by
      George Sanders      		 Zsa Zsa - Fourth
      November 5, 1962 – March 3, 1966
      Divorced      		 Succeeded by
      Joshua S. Cosden, Jr.
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