Joan Whitney Payson

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Joan Whitney Payson was an American heiress, art collector, and sports executive best known as the founding owner of the New York Mets and one of the first female majority owners of a Major League Baseball team.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art collector
baseball executive
heiress
human
sports executive
associatedWith New York Mets Hall of Fame NERFINISHED
birthDate 1903-02-05
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx NERFINISHED
child Daniel Carroll Payson NERFINISHED
John Whitney Payson NERFINISHED
Payne Whitney Payson NERFINISHED
Sandra Helen Payson NERFINISHED
Walter Payson NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1975-10-04
educatedAt Miss Chapin's School NERFINISHED
Miss Spence's School NERFINISHED
familyName Payson NERFINISHED
fullName Joan Whitney Payson NERFINISHED
gender female
givenName Joan NERFINISHED
honor induction into New York Mets Hall of Fame
knownFor prominent American art collection including works by European modernists
supporting the return of National League baseball to New York after the departure of the Dodgers and Giants
league Major League Baseball
memberOf Whitney family NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableFor founding owner of the New York Mets
one of the first female majority owners of a Major League Baseball team
occupation art collector
philanthropist
sports executive
ownedCollection Joan Whitney Payson Collection NERFINISHED
ownerOf New York Mets NERFINISHED
parent Helen Hay Whitney NERFINISHED
Payne Whitney NERFINISHED
philanthropyArea arts
education
sports
placeOfBirth New York City
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld majority owner of the New York Mets
religion Episcopalian
residence New York City
sibling John Hay Whitney NERFINISHED
sport baseball
spouse Charles Shipman Payson NERFINISHED
wealthSource Whitney family fortune

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1969 New York Mets season owner Joan Whitney Payson
John Hay Whitney sibling Joan Whitney Payson