Wheelock " Whee " Whitney Jr. (July 30, 1926 - May 20, 2016) is an American businessman, educator, sports team executive and owner, philanthropist, and politician.
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Early life and education
Whitney attended Phillips Andover and Yale University with George H.W. Bush. He and Bush are both members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon in Yale. Whitney was a successful investment banker from 1957 to 1972, when she left the industry to teach at Carlson Business School.
Whitney is a Republican 1964 candidate for the US Senate from Minnesota, losing to Eugene McCarthy, and Republican candidate to governor of Minnesota in 1982, losing to Rudy Perpich.
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Sports executive
Whitney was involved with the Continental League, the third major baseball league, in 1959. He helped get the Minnesota Twins Major League baseball league for the country, and served on the team's board of directors from 1961 to 1985. Whitney was also part of a successful effort to get the National franchise Hockey League for the city of Bloomington, Minnesota. The team, Minnesota North Stars, was founded in 1967 and played at the Met Center, which Whitney assisted built. He is also the owner and president of the Minnesota Vikings football team for several years.
Personal life
Whitney married Irene Hixon on August 21, 1948. They provided assistance to Vernon Johnson, who pioneered methods of using interventions to deal with alcoholics and substance abuse so they got professional help for their addictions. They created the Johnson Institute after Johnson helped Irene Whitney through an intervention. Irene Whitney died of lung cancer in 1986. In 1990 Whitney married Penny Lewis, a professional horse trainer, from whom she divorced in 1994. In 2005, she married Justice Kathleen A. Blatz, from the Supreme Court Minnesota. Whitney died on May 20, 2016.
Horseracing
Whitney was involved with horse racing sports for many years. His most famous horse is Quicken Tree, a California runner in the 1960s whose victories include the Santa Anita Handicap and Jockey Club Gold Cup.
References
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