Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr.

Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr. Biography

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Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr. (May 24, 1895 " August 29, 1979) was an American broadcasting businessman, magazine and newspaper publisher. He was the founder of Advance Publications.

Biography

Born in 1895 to a Jewish family in Bayonne, New Jersey, his original name was Solomon Neuhaus. He was married to Mitzi E. Newhouse, an arts patron and philanthropist (April 30, 1902 " June 29, 1989), by whom he had two sons and heirs, Samuel, Jr. and Donald Newhouse. He resided in Manhattan for much of his life.

His great-grandson, S.I. Newhouse IV, is featured in a documentary called Born Rich about the experience of growing up as the heir to one of the world's greatest fortunes.

Death

Newhouse died in 1979, aged 84, in New York City of a stroke, and is buried in the Baron Hirsch Cemetery on Staten Island.

Legacy

One of the vessels of the Staten Island Ferry is also named after him. So was the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. He was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1989.

Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr.

Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr. Biography

Biography

Death

Legacy

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