Paul Mellon
Paul Mellon Paul Mellon Born (1907-06-11)June 11, 1907 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died February 1, 1999(1999-02-01) (aged 91) Upperville, Virginia, U.S. Occupation Businessman: Corporate investor Racehorse owner/breeder Philanthropist Spouse(s) 1) Mary Conover Brown (d. 1946) 2) Rachel Lambert Lloyd Children Catherine, Timothy Parents Andrew W. Mellon & Nora McMullen Honors US Military - Bronze Star Medal (WW II) Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) (1974) National Medal of Arts (1985) National Medal of Arts and Humanities (1997) Thoroughbred horse racing honors: Exemplar of Racing Virginia Thoroughbred Association Hall of Fame (1988) Eclipse Award for Outstanding Breeder (1971, 1986) Virginia Sports Hall of Fame (1999) English Jockey Club Hall of Fame Paul Mellon (June 11, 1907 – February 1, 1999) was an American philanthropist and an owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. He is one of only five people ever designated an "Exemplar of Racing" by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. He was co-heir to one of America's greatest business fortunes, the Mellon Bank fortune, created by his grandfather Thomas Mellon, his father Andrew W. Mellon, and his father's brother Richard B. Mellon. In 1957, when Fortune prepared its first list of the wealthiest Americans, it estimated that Paul Mellon, his sister Ailsa Mellon-Bruce, and his cousins Sarah Mellon and Richard King Mellon, were all among the richest eight people in the United States, with fortunes of between 400 and 700 million dollars each (around $3,400,000,000 and $5,900,000,000 in today's dollars). Paul Mellon's autobiography, Reflections in a Silver Spoon, was published in 1992. He died at his home, Oak Spring, in Upperville, Virginia, on February 1, 1999. He was survived by his wife, Rachel (a.k.a. Bunny), his children, Catherine Conover (first wife of John Warner) and Timothy Mellon, and two stepchildren, Stacy Lloyd III and Eliza, Viscountess Moore.