David Solinger

David Solinger
David Solinger
Born	David M. Solinger; 1906; New York City
Died	October 29, 1996 (age 90); Manhattan
Nationality	American
Education	B.A. Cornell University; J.D. Columbia Law School
Spouse(s)	Hope Alva Gimbel (divorced); Betty Ann Besch
Children	Faith Solinger Sommerfield; Lynn Solinger Stern Lang
Family	Bernard Gimbel (father-in-law)

David M. Solinger (1906 – October 29, 1996) was a lawyer, art collector, and president of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Biography

Solinger was born in New York City in 1906, the son of Maurice Solinger, a meatpacking business executive.[1][2] After graduating from Cornell University and Columbia Law School, he worked as a senior partner at the Manhattan law firm Solinger and Gordon.[1] He was one of the first lawyers to develop a specialty in advertising, radio and television law and his clients included Louise Nevelson, Hans Hoffman, and Franz Kline.[1]

In 1961, he was elected a trustee of the Whitney Museum of American Art and in 1966 he succeeded Flora Whitney Miller as its president, the first that was not a member of the Whitney family.[1] While trustee he was instrumental in moving the museum to a new facility designed by Marcel Breuer; and in 1973, as president, in the opening of its first branch location in lower Manhattan.[1]

Art collection

Solinger collected 20th century art and owned works by Klee, Dubuffet, Giacometti, Leger, Miro, Kline, de Kooning, and Kandinsky as well as a 1927 Picasso, donating many to local museums.[1]

Personal life

Solinger was married twice. In 1937, he married Hope Alva Gimbel, the daughter of Bernard Gimbel; the couple had two daughters before divorcing in 1978: Faith Solinger Sommerfield and Lynn Solinger Stern Lang.[1][3][4] He remarried to Betty Ann Besch.[1] Solinger died at his home in Manhattan on October 29, 1996.[1]

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gollark: As for specific issues, I'm typing.

gollark: OpenRC on Alpine, Runit on Void.

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gollark: I think you could reasonably make a nicer service manager which just reads INI files, manages processes, communicates with some logging backend, and has an API for firing events/managing services. But nobody seems to have done this.

References

Vogel, Carol (October 30, 1996). "David Solinger, 90, Art Collector And Whitney Museum President". The New York Times.
"David Solinger; Attorney Headed Whitney Museum of Art". Los Angeles Times. November 1, 1996.
"Weddings/Celebrations; Emily Sommerfield, John Kunschner". The New York Times. October 6, 2002.
"Barrie Sommerfield son of Edgar and Marjorie (Frank) Sommerfield, passed peacefully in Stamford on March 18, 2018". Greenwich Time. March 23, 2018.

External links

Oral history interview with David M. Solinger 1977 May 6

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[NYTDavSolObit-1] Vogel, Carol (October 30, 1996). "David Solinger, 90, Art Collector And Whitney Museum President". The New York Times.

[LATimesDavSolObit-2] "David Solinger; Attorney Headed Whitney Museum of Art". Los Angeles Times. November 1, 1996.

[3] "Weddings/Celebrations; Emily Sommerfield, John Kunschner". The New York Times. October 6, 2002.

[4] "Barrie Sommerfield son of Edgar and Marjorie (Frank) Sommerfield, passed peacefully in Stamford on March 18, 2018". Greenwich Time. March 23, 2018.