Curt H. Reisinger, financier and philanthropist, a grandson of Adolphus Busch, a founder of the Anheuser‐Busch brewery in St. Louis, died Thursday in St. Luke's Hospital. He was 73 years old and lived in the St. Regis Hotel.
Mr. Reisinger was a director of Anheuser‐Busch, Inc., and the Adolphus Busch Estate, Inc., and a member of the advisory board of the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company.
His philanthropic interests centered on education, health, and youth work. His avocations were bridge and music.
For many years a vice president of the National Republican Club, Mr. Reisinger, at the club's observance of Lincoln's Birthday in 1955, likened President Eisenhower to Lincoln.
“We find,” he said, “the same integrity, the same patience, the same forbearance with human foibles, the same courage, patriotism and determination.
Continue reading the main story
“We find firmness, the same sure conviction that America was conceived in greatness, would attain more grandeur and would always be a citadel of human safety for those who deserve it.”
Mr. Reisinger gave $300,000 to Harvard University in 1949 to establish the Samuel Hazzard Cross Professorship of Slavic Languages and Literatures in memory of Professor Cross, chairman of the Slavic department of Harvard. Mr. Reisinger set up another professorship of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard, to bear his own name, five years later.
In 1952 Mr. Reisinger gave $200,000 to Sarah Lawrence College for completion of its Student art center.
In 1955 he was appointed chairman of the advisory committee on the Arts Center at Columbia University. In the same year he was chairman of the development committee of the New York Chapter of the Jackson Laboratory Association to enlist support for the Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory, a basic research institution in Bar Harbor, Me.
Mr. Reisinger was an early patron of contract bridge. He financed tournaments and bridge clubs. Donor of the Reisinger Cup for the Eastern States Championship of the American Contract Bridge League, he was named an honorary member of the league in 1953 for distinguished service to the organizations. In 1948 he placed third in the fall national open pair championships.
He was born in New York, a son of Hugo and Edmée Busch Reisinger. His mother later was Mrs. Edmee Greenough. He was graduated from Harvard in 1912 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Mr. Reisinger served on the boards of Sarah Lawrence College, St. Luke's Hospital, the New York Infirmary, North Eastern Dispensary, Berkshire Industrial Farm for Boys and Uptown Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, among other institutions.
A sponsor of the Big Brother movement, he was honorary chairman of the board of Big Brothers, Inc., New York. He was a fellow of the Pierpont Morgan Library and a member of the Medieval Academy of America. A skilled violinist, who liked to conduct, he was a member of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians.
His clubs included the Union and Harvard of Boston, the Harvard, Lotos, Grolier, Metropolitan, University Glee and West Side Tennis of New York, Faculty of Cambridge, Mass., and Turf and Field of Belmont, L.I.
He married in 1913 Mary McKee, a granddaughter of President Benjamin Harrison. The marriage ended in divorce.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Joseph J. Morsman Jr. and Mrs. Charles J. Stevens, five grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
A funeral service will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday at Frank E. Campbell's, Madison Avenue and 81st Street.
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CURT H. REISINGER - Services for Curt H. Reisinger, 73, a philanthropist, will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday in the Frank E. Campbell funeral home, Madison Ave. and 81st St. Reisinger, of the St. Regis Hotel, died Thursday in St. Luke's Hospital. A grandson of Adolphus Busch, a founder of the Anheuser-Busch brewery empire, Reisinger helped finance two professorships Harvard and the student art center at Sarah Lawrence College. He also financed bridge clubs and tournaments. He was a sponsor of the Big Brother movement, serving as its honorary chairman here. He was on the advisory board of Chemical Bank New York Trust Co. He was a director of Sarah Lawrence, St. Luke's, the New York Infirmary, the Uptown Branch of the YMCA and several other institutions.
Mr. Reisinger was a director of Anheuser‐Busch, Inc., and the Adolphus Busch Estate, Inc., and a member of the advisory board of the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company.
His philanthropic interests centered on education, health, and youth work. His avocations were bridge and music.
For many years a vice president of the National Republican Club, Mr. Reisinger, at the club's observance of Lincoln's Birthday in 1955, likened President Eisenhower to Lincoln.
“We find,” he said, “the same integrity, the same patience, the same forbearance with human foibles, the same courage, patriotism and determination.
Continue reading the main story
“We find firmness, the same sure conviction that America was conceived in greatness, would attain more grandeur and would always be a citadel of human safety for those who deserve it.”
Mr. Reisinger gave $300,000 to Harvard University in 1949 to establish the Samuel Hazzard Cross Professorship of Slavic Languages and Literatures in memory of Professor Cross, chairman of the Slavic department of Harvard. Mr. Reisinger set up another professorship of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard, to bear his own name, five years later.
In 1952 Mr. Reisinger gave $200,000 to Sarah Lawrence College for completion of its Student art center.
In 1955 he was appointed chairman of the advisory committee on the Arts Center at Columbia University. In the same year he was chairman of the development committee of the New York Chapter of the Jackson Laboratory Association to enlist support for the Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory, a basic research institution in Bar Harbor, Me.
Mr. Reisinger was an early patron of contract bridge. He financed tournaments and bridge clubs. Donor of the Reisinger Cup for the Eastern States Championship of the American Contract Bridge League, he was named an honorary member of the league in 1953 for distinguished service to the organizations. In 1948 he placed third in the fall national open pair championships.
He was born in New York, a son of Hugo and Edmée Busch Reisinger. His mother later was Mrs. Edmee Greenough. He was graduated from Harvard in 1912 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Mr. Reisinger served on the boards of Sarah Lawrence College, St. Luke's Hospital, the New York Infirmary, North Eastern Dispensary, Berkshire Industrial Farm for Boys and Uptown Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, among other institutions.
A sponsor of the Big Brother movement, he was honorary chairman of the board of Big Brothers, Inc., New York. He was a fellow of the Pierpont Morgan Library and a member of the Medieval Academy of America. A skilled violinist, who liked to conduct, he was a member of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians.
His clubs included the Union and Harvard of Boston, the Harvard, Lotos, Grolier, Metropolitan, University Glee and West Side Tennis of New York, Faculty of Cambridge, Mass., and Turf and Field of Belmont, L.I.
He married in 1913 Mary McKee, a granddaughter of President Benjamin Harrison. The marriage ended in divorce.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Joseph J. Morsman Jr. and Mrs. Charles J. Stevens, five grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
A funeral service will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday at Frank E. Campbell's, Madison Avenue and 81st Street.
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CURT H. REISINGER - Services for Curt H. Reisinger, 73, a philanthropist, will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday in the Frank E. Campbell funeral home, Madison Ave. and 81st St. Reisinger, of the St. Regis Hotel, died Thursday in St. Luke's Hospital. A grandson of Adolphus Busch, a founder of the Anheuser-Busch brewery empire, Reisinger helped finance two professorships Harvard and the student art center at Sarah Lawrence College. He also financed bridge clubs and tournaments. He was a sponsor of the Big Brother movement, serving as its honorary chairman here. He was on the advisory board of Chemical Bank New York Trust Co. He was a director of Sarah Lawrence, St. Luke's, the New York Infirmary, the Uptown Branch of the YMCA and several other institutions.
Curt H. Reisinger, financier and philanthropist, a grandson of Adolphus Busch, a founder of the Anheuser‐Busch brewery in St. Louis, died Thursday in St. Luke's Hospital. He was 73 years old and lived in the St. Regis Hotel.
Mr. Reisinger was a director of Anheuser‐Busch, Inc., and the Adolphus Busch Estate, Inc., and a member of the advisory board of the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company.
His philanthropic interests centered on education, health, and youth work. His avocations were bridge and music.
For many years a vice president of the National Republican Club, Mr. Reisinger, at the club's observance of Lincoln's Birthday in 1955, likened President Eisenhower to Lincoln.
“We find,” he said, “the same integrity, the same patience, the same forbearance with human foibles, the same courage, patriotism and determination.
Continue reading the main story
“We find firmness, the same sure conviction that America was conceived in greatness, would attain more grandeur and would always be a citadel of human safety for those who deserve it.”
Mr. Reisinger gave $300,000 to Harvard University in 1949 to establish the Samuel Hazzard Cross Professorship of Slavic Languages and Literatures in memory of Professor Cross, chairman of the Slavic department of Harvard. Mr. Reisinger set up another professorship of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard, to bear his own name, five years later.
In 1952 Mr. Reisinger gave $200,000 to Sarah Lawrence College for completion of its Student art center.
In 1955 he was appointed chairman of the advisory committee on the Arts Center at Columbia University. In the same year he was chairman of the development committee of the New York Chapter of the Jackson Laboratory Association to enlist support for the Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory, a basic research institution in Bar Harbor, Me.
Mr. Reisinger was an early patron of contract bridge. He financed tournaments and bridge clubs. Donor of the Reisinger Cup for the Eastern States Championship of the American Contract Bridge League, he was named an honorary member of the league in 1953 for distinguished service to the organizations. In 1948 he placed third in the fall national open pair championships.
He was born in New York, a son of Hugo and Edmée Busch Reisinger. His mother later was Mrs. Edmee Greenough. He was graduated from Harvard in 1912 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Mr. Reisinger served on the boards of Sarah Lawrence College, St. Luke's Hospital, the New York Infirmary, North Eastern Dispensary, Berkshire Industrial Farm for Boys and Uptown Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, among other institutions.
A sponsor of the Big Brother movement, he was honorary chairman of the board of Big Brothers, Inc., New York. He was a fellow of the Pierpont Morgan Library and a member of the Medieval Academy of America. A skilled violinist, who liked to conduct, he was a member of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians.
His clubs included the Union and Harvard of Boston, the Harvard, Lotos, Grolier, Metropolitan, University Glee and West Side Tennis of New York, Faculty of Cambridge, Mass., and Turf and Field of Belmont, L.I.
He married in 1913 Mary McKee, a granddaughter of President Benjamin Harrison. The marriage ended in divorce.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Joseph J. Morsman Jr. and Mrs. Charles J. Stevens, five grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
A funeral service will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday at Frank E. Campbell's, Madison Avenue and 81st Street.
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CURT H. REISINGER - Services for Curt H. Reisinger, 73, a philanthropist, will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday in the Frank E. Campbell funeral home, Madison Ave. and 81st St. Reisinger, of the St. Regis Hotel, died Thursday in St. Luke's Hospital. A grandson of Adolphus Busch, a founder of the Anheuser-Busch brewery empire, Reisinger helped finance two professorships Harvard and the student art center at Sarah Lawrence College. He also financed bridge clubs and tournaments. He was a sponsor of the Big Brother movement, serving as its honorary chairman here. He was on the advisory board of Chemical Bank New York Trust Co. He was a director of Sarah Lawrence, St. Luke's, the New York Infirmary, the Uptown Branch of the YMCA and several other institutions.
Mr. Reisinger was a director of Anheuser‐Busch, Inc., and the Adolphus Busch Estate, Inc., and a member of the advisory board of the Chemical Bank New York Trust Company.
His philanthropic interests centered on education, health, and youth work. His avocations were bridge and music.
For many years a vice president of the National Republican Club, Mr. Reisinger, at the club's observance of Lincoln's Birthday in 1955, likened President Eisenhower to Lincoln.
“We find,” he said, “the same integrity, the same patience, the same forbearance with human foibles, the same courage, patriotism and determination.
Continue reading the main story
“We find firmness, the same sure conviction that America was conceived in greatness, would attain more grandeur and would always be a citadel of human safety for those who deserve it.”
Mr. Reisinger gave $300,000 to Harvard University in 1949 to establish the Samuel Hazzard Cross Professorship of Slavic Languages and Literatures in memory of Professor Cross, chairman of the Slavic department of Harvard. Mr. Reisinger set up another professorship of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard, to bear his own name, five years later.
In 1952 Mr. Reisinger gave $200,000 to Sarah Lawrence College for completion of its Student art center.
In 1955 he was appointed chairman of the advisory committee on the Arts Center at Columbia University. In the same year he was chairman of the development committee of the New York Chapter of the Jackson Laboratory Association to enlist support for the Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory, a basic research institution in Bar Harbor, Me.
Mr. Reisinger was an early patron of contract bridge. He financed tournaments and bridge clubs. Donor of the Reisinger Cup for the Eastern States Championship of the American Contract Bridge League, he was named an honorary member of the league in 1953 for distinguished service to the organizations. In 1948 he placed third in the fall national open pair championships.
He was born in New York, a son of Hugo and Edmée Busch Reisinger. His mother later was Mrs. Edmee Greenough. He was graduated from Harvard in 1912 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Mr. Reisinger served on the boards of Sarah Lawrence College, St. Luke's Hospital, the New York Infirmary, North Eastern Dispensary, Berkshire Industrial Farm for Boys and Uptown Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association, among other institutions.
A sponsor of the Big Brother movement, he was honorary chairman of the board of Big Brothers, Inc., New York. He was a fellow of the Pierpont Morgan Library and a member of the Medieval Academy of America. A skilled violinist, who liked to conduct, he was a member of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians.
His clubs included the Union and Harvard of Boston, the Harvard, Lotos, Grolier, Metropolitan, University Glee and West Side Tennis of New York, Faculty of Cambridge, Mass., and Turf and Field of Belmont, L.I.
He married in 1913 Mary McKee, a granddaughter of President Benjamin Harrison. The marriage ended in divorce.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Joseph J. Morsman Jr. and Mrs. Charles J. Stevens, five grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
A funeral service will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday at Frank E. Campbell's, Madison Avenue and 81st Street.
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CURT H. REISINGER - Services for Curt H. Reisinger, 73, a philanthropist, will be held at 11 A.M. Tuesday in the Frank E. Campbell funeral home, Madison Ave. and 81st St. Reisinger, of the St. Regis Hotel, died Thursday in St. Luke's Hospital. A grandson of Adolphus Busch, a founder of the Anheuser-Busch brewery empire, Reisinger helped finance two professorships Harvard and the student art center at Sarah Lawrence College. He also financed bridge clubs and tournaments. He was a sponsor of the Big Brother movement, serving as its honorary chairman here. He was on the advisory board of Chemical Bank New York Trust Co. He was a director of Sarah Lawrence, St. Luke's, the New York Infirmary, the Uptown Branch of the YMCA and several other institutions.
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