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Robert Guestier Goelet
American philanthropist (–)
Robert Guestier Goelet (guh-LET;[1] September 28, – October 9, ) was a prominent American philanthropist and former executive at Chemical Bank, founded by the Goelet family in [2]
Early life
Goelet was born on September 28, , at a chateau in Amblainville, France.
He was a son of Anne Marie (née Guestier) Goelet, whose family were wine merchants (Barton & Guestier) and owned the 10, acre chateau, and Robert Walton Goelet.[3] His mother was French and his father was American.
His father, who owned the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York, donated the hotel to Harvard University after his death in [4]
Goelet moved to New York at the age of 12, attended the Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard University in with a bachelor's degree in history.[5]
Career
During World War II, Goelet trained as a Helldiver bomber pilot with the United States