Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky
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Ivan Sergeievich 6th Prince
Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky (born 15 May 1925) is a Russian American
New York City
-based financial analyst
and corporate officer. He served in the United States Navy
and worked as a publisher.
, Middlesex
, on 15 May 1925, to Serge Obolensky
and Ava Alice Muriel Astor
. Obolensky is a great-great-great-grandson of John Jacob Astor
and the grandson of John Jacob Astor IV
, who died on the Titanic.
He was educated at St. George's School
in Newport
, Rhode Island
, and graduated from Yale College
in New Haven
, Connecticut
, in 1947. While at Yale, he was a member of St. Elmo
, a senior secret society
.
working for Telavid Inc. Imports, and went on to serve with the United States Navy
as a pilot
. In 1957, he formed a publishing firm McDowell, Obolensky Inc. with a partner, David McDowell. The firm published James Agee
's Pulitzer Prize
novel, A Death in the Family
(1957), and was the U.S. publisher for Chinua Achebe
's Things Fall Apart
(1959). It was dissolved in 1960. Obolensky then formed a second publishing house, Ivan Obolensky, Inc. This firm continued through 1965, when he joined the investment banking firm of A. T. Brod & Company as a partner.
Throughout his main career on Wall Street
as a financial analyst
, Obolensky has covered many prestigious accounts. He was Vice President
of Moseley, Hallgarten, Estabrook & Weeden Inc., Stockbrokers and is currently Vice President of Shields & Company.
, New York County, New York
, on 10 October 1949 Claire Elizabeth McGinnis, of New York City. She was born in San Francisco, California
, on 7 March 1929, but this marriage ended in divorce in 1956. She was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco, California, United States, the Finch Junior College in Manhattan
, New York City, and at Miss Burke's School
in San Francisco. She was the daughter of Felix Signoret McGinnis (Los Angeles
, Los Angeles County
, California, 25 January 1883 - San Francisco County, California, 17 March 1945), Vice-President of the Southern Pacific Company and Director of the Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc.
, and wife (m. June 1917) Clara Leonhardt (Texas
, 14 April 1887 - San Francisco County, California, 25 January 1984). She later married secondly Garrick C. Stephenson (1927 - New York, New York County, New York, 3 February 2007), without issue.
He later married Mary Elizabeth Morris, also of New York City, born in Asheville
, Buncombe County
, North Carolina
, on 16 January 1937.
Obolensky has one daughter and two sons by first marriage, and one son by second marriage:
Knyaz
Kniaz, knyaz or knez is a Slavic title found in most Slavic languages, denoting a royal nobility rank. It is usually translated into English as either Prince or less commonly as Duke....
Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky (born 15 May 1925) is a Russian American
Russian American
Russian Americans are primarily Americans who traces their ancestry to Russia. The definition can be applied to recent Russian immigrants to the United States, as well as to settlers of 19th century Russian settlements in northwestern America which includes today's California, Alaska and...
New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
-based financial analyst
Financial analyst
A financial analyst, securities analyst, research analyst, equity analyst, or investment analyst is a person who performs financial analysis for external or internal clients as a core part of the job.-Job:...
and corporate officer. He served in the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
and worked as a publisher.
Early life
Obolensky was born in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
, on 15 May 1925, to Serge Obolensky
Serge Obolensky
Sergei Platonovich 5th Knyaz Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky was a Russian Prince and Vice Chairman of the Board of Hilton Hotels Corporation....
and Ava Alice Muriel Astor
Ava Alice Muriel Astor
Ava Alice Muriel Astor was the daughter of John Jacob Astor IV and Ava Lowle Willing and sister of Vincent Astor.-Early life:...
. Obolensky is a great-great-great-grandson of John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor , born Johann Jakob Astor, was a German-American business magnate and investor who was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi-millionaire in the United States...
and the grandson of John Jacob Astor IV
John Jacob Astor IV
John Jacob Astor IV was an American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War and a member of the prominent Astor family...
, who died on the Titanic.
He was educated at St. George's School
St. George's School, Newport
St. George's School is a private, Episcopal, coeducational boarding school in Middletown, Rhode Island, USA, just east of the city of Newport. The school was founded in 1896 by the Rev. John Byron Diman, a member of a prominent Rhode Island family. It sits on a hill overlooking the Atlantic Ocean...
in Newport
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
, Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
, and graduated from Yale College
Yale College
Yale College was the official name of Yale University from 1718 to 1887. The name now refers to the undergraduate part of the university. Each undergraduate student is assigned to one of 12 residential colleges.-Residential colleges:...
in New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
, in 1947. While at Yale, he was a member of St. Elmo
St. Elmo (secret society)
St. Elmo Society is a secret society at Yale University. It was founded in 1889 as an independent entity for seniors within the nationally chartered fraternity, Delta Phi , Omicron Chapter .-History:...
, a senior secret society
Secret society
A secret society is a club or organization whose activities and inner functioning are concealed from non-members. The society may or may not attempt to conceal its existence. The term usually excludes covert groups, such as intelligence agencies or guerrilla insurgencies, which hide their...
.
Career
After Yale, Obolensky became a writerWriter
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
working for Telavid Inc. Imports, and went on to serve with the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
as a pilot
Aviator
An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
. In 1957, he formed a publishing firm McDowell, Obolensky Inc. with a partner, David McDowell. The firm published James Agee
James Agee
James Rufus Agee was an American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S...
's Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
novel, A Death in the Family
A Death in the Family
A Death in the Family is an autobiographical novel by author James Agee, set in Knoxville, Tennessee. He began writing it in 1948, but it was not quite complete when he died in 1955. It was edited and released posthumously in 1957 by editor David McDowell. Agee's widow and children were left with...
(1957), and was the U.S. publisher for Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe popularly known as Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic...
's Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apartis a 1958 English language novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. It is a staple book in schools throughout Africa and widely read and studied in English-speaking countries around the world. It is seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English, and one of the first African...
(1959). It was dissolved in 1960. Obolensky then formed a second publishing house, Ivan Obolensky, Inc. This firm continued through 1965, when he joined the investment banking firm of A. T. Brod & Company as a partner.
Throughout his main career on Wall Street
Wall Street
Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...
as a financial analyst
Financial analyst
A financial analyst, securities analyst, research analyst, equity analyst, or investment analyst is a person who performs financial analysis for external or internal clients as a core part of the job.-Job:...
, Obolensky has covered many prestigious accounts. He was Vice President
Vice president
A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...
of Moseley, Hallgarten, Estabrook & Weeden Inc., Stockbrokers and is currently Vice President of Shields & Company.
Marriages and children
Obolensky first married in New YorkNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, New York County, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, on 10 October 1949 Claire Elizabeth McGinnis, of New York City. She was born in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, on 7 March 1929, but this marriage ended in divorce in 1956. She was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco, California, United States, the Finch Junior College in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, New York City, and at Miss Burke's School
Katherine Delmar Burke School
Katherine Delmar Burke School, also called Burke's, is an independent girls' school for kindergarten through eighth grade. It was founded in 1908 by Katherine Delmar Burke and was originally named Miss Burke's School. Burke's is located in San Francisco, California near Lincoln Park...
in San Francisco. She was the daughter of Felix Signoret McGinnis (Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, California
Los Angeles County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 9,818,605, making it the most populous county in the United States. Los Angeles County alone is more populous than 42 individual U.S. states...
, California, 25 January 1883 - San Francisco County, California, 17 March 1945), Vice-President of the Southern Pacific Company and Director of the Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc.
Turf Club
Turf Club may refer to: * Turf Club , a club in London, UK* Turf Club, Gauteng, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa* Turf Club , a live music venue in Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S....
, and wife (m. June 1917) Clara Leonhardt (Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, 14 April 1887 - San Francisco County, California, 25 January 1984). She later married secondly Garrick C. Stephenson (1927 - New York, New York County, New York, 3 February 2007), without issue.
He later married Mary Elizabeth Morris, also of New York City, born in Asheville
Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The City is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center , which is the world's largest active...
, Buncombe County
Buncombe County, North Carolina
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 206,330 people, 85,776 households, and 55,668 families residing in the county. The population density was 314 people per square mile . There were 93,973 housing units at an average density of 143 per square mile...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, on 16 January 1937.
Obolensky has one daughter and two sons by first marriage, and one son by second marriage:
- Marina Ivanovna Knyaginya Obolenskaya-Neledinskaya-Meletzkaya (b. New York, New York County, New York, 31 October 1951), married to a Carlton
- Ivan Ivanovich Knyaz Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky (b. New York, New York County, New York, 22 June 1952), married without issue
- David Ivanovich Knyaz Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky (b. New York, New York County, New York, 23 October 1953), who attended St. Bernard's SchoolSt. Bernard's SchoolSt. Bernard's School, founded in 1904 by Francis Tabor and John Jenkins, is a private all-male elementary school on Manhattan's Upper East Side. St. Bernard's offers motivated young boys of diverse backgrounds an exceptionally thorough, rigorous, and enjoyable introduction to learning and...
in New York, New York, and like his father St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island, and graduated with the Class of '77 from Rollins CollegeRollins CollegeRollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Winter Park, Florida , along the shores of Lake Virginia....
, who works as an Investment BrokerInvestment brokerInvestment brokers are individuals who bring together buyers and sellers of investments. They need a license to operate. They act on behalf of buyers and sellers of stock...
with E. F. Hutton & Company in Nashville, married in NashvilleNashville, TennesseeNashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
, Davidson CountyDavidson County, TennesseeDavidson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of 2010, the population was 626,681. Its county seat is Nashville.In 1963, the City of Nashville and the Davidson County government merged, so the county government is now known as the "Metropolitan Government of Nashville and...
, TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, on 21 March 1981 Mary Catherine Hicks (b. Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, 7 October 1952), a graduate from St. Cecilia Academy in Nashville and from the University of TennesseeUniversity of TennesseeThe University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
in Knoxville, Knox CountyKnox County, TennesseeKnox County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its 2007 population was estimated at 423,874 by the United States Census Bureau. Its county seat is Knoxville, as it has been since the creation of the county. The county is at the geographical center of the Great Valley of East Tennessee...
, who works as a CommercialCommerceWhile business refers to the value-creating activities of an organization for profit, commerce means the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any...
Real-Estate Appraiser for the Bankers Mortgage Corporation in Nashville and is a Member of the Junior League of Nashville, daughter of George Thomas Hicks of Nashville, a Land Developer and Civil EngineerCivil engineerA civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
and HeadHead (disambiguation)The head is the part of an animal that usually comprises the brain, eyes, ears, nose and mouth.Head may also refer to:-Science:* Head , the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member...
of the George T. Hicks Construction Company, and wife, and has two daughters:- Natalya Elizabeth Davidovna Knyaginya Obolenskaya-Neledinskaya-Meletzkaya (b. Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, 29 September 1984)
- Octavia Willing Davidovna Knyaginya Obolenskaya-Neledinskaya-Meletzkaya (b. Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, 22 May 1989)
- Sergei Ivanovich Knyaz Obolensky-Neledinsky-Meletzky, unmarried and without issue
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