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Wheelock Whitney Jr.

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Wheelock "Whee" Whitney Jr. (July 30, 1926 – May 20, 2016) was an American businessman, educator, sports team executive and owner, philanthropist, and politician. [1]

41 relations: Al Quie, Alcoholism, American football, Benson Whitney, Bloomington, Minnesota, Board of directors, Cal Ludeman, Carlson School of Management, Continental League, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Eugene McCarthy, George H. W. Bush, Governor of Minnesota, Independence, Minnesota, Investment banking, Kathleen A. Blatz, Lung cancer, Major League Baseball, Met Center, Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1982, Minnesota North Stars, Minnesota Supreme Court, Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings, National Hockey League, Ownership, Phillips Academy, Quicken Tree (horse), Republican Party (United States), Republican Party of Minnesota, Rudy Perpich, Santa Anita Handicap, St. Cloud, Minnesota, Substance abuse, The Political Graveyard, Thoroughbred horse racing, United States Senate, Vernon Johnson, Wheelock Whitney (historian), Wheelock Whitney Sr., Yale University.

Al Quie

Albert Harold "Al" Quie (born September 18, 1923) is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Minnesota from January 4, 1979, to January 3, 1983.

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Alcoholism

Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder (AUD), is a broad term for any drinking of alcohol that results in mental or physical health problems.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Benson Whitney

Benson Kelley Whitney (born August 17, 1956 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) was the United States Ambassador to Norway from 2006 to 2009.

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Bloomington, Minnesota

Bloomington is the fifth largest city, as of 2016 estimates, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Board of directors

A board of directors is a recognized group of people who jointly oversee the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit business, nonprofit organization, or a government agency.

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Cal Ludeman

Cal R. Ludeman (born April 1951) is a Minnesota politician, Secretary of the Minnesota Senate, and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from southwestern Minnesota.

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Carlson School of Management

The Curtis L. Carlson School of Management is a business school at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

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Continental League

The Continental League of Professional Baseball Clubs (known as the Continental League or CL) was a proposed third major league for baseball in the United States and Canada, announced in 1959 and scheduled to begin play in the 1961 season.

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Delta Kappa Epsilon

Delta Kappa Epsilon (ΔΚΕ), commonly known as DKE or Deke, is one of the oldest North American fraternities, with 56 active chapters across America and Canada.

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Eugene McCarthy

Eugene Joseph McCarthy (March 29, 1916December 10, 2005) was an American politician, poet, and a long-time Congressman from Minnesota.

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George H. W. Bush

George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993.

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Governor of Minnesota

The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch.

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Independence, Minnesota

Independence is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.

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Investment banking

An investment bank is typically a private company that provides various finance-related and other services to individuals, corporations, and governments such as raising financial capital by underwriting or acting as the client's agent in the issuance of securities.

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Kathleen A. Blatz

Kathleen Ann Blatz (born July 22, 1954) is a former Minnesota judge and politician.

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Lung cancer

Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Met Center

The Met Center was an indoor arena that stood in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States, a suburb of Minneapolis.

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Minnesota gubernatorial election, 1982

The 1982 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1982.

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Minnesota North Stars

The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993.

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Minnesota Supreme Court

The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Minnesota Twins

The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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National Hockey League

The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada.

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Ownership

Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over property, which may be an object, land/real estate or intellectual property.

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Phillips Academy

Phillips Academy Andover (also known as Andover, PA, or Phillips) is a co-educational university-preparatory school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate (PG) year.

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Quicken Tree (horse)

Quicken Tree (April 18, 1963 – October 22, 1970) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse known for his come-from-behind style of running and his ability to win at classic and marathon distances. His California breeder, Louis Rowan, a co-founder of the Oak Tree Racing Association, named the horse after one of the folk names given to the Rowan plant.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Republican Party of Minnesota

The Republican Party of Minnesota is a conservative political party in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Rudy Perpich

Rudolph George Perpich Sr. (June 27, 1928 September 21, 1995) was an American politician and the longest-serving governor of Minnesota.

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Santa Anita Handicap

The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

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Substance abuse

Substance abuse, also known as drug abuse, is a patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others, and is a form of substance-related disorder.

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The Political Graveyard

The Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 277,000 American political figures and political families, along with other information.

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Thoroughbred horse racing

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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Vernon Johnson

Vernon E. Johnson (August 23, 1920 – April 30, 1999) was an Episcopal priest and recovered alcoholic who devoted his life to alcohol intervention.

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Wheelock Whitney (historian)

Wheelock "Lock" Whitney III (born October 3, 1949 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American art collector and dealer.

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Wheelock Whitney Sr.

Wheelock "Wheels" Whitney Sr. (August 28, 1894 in St. Cloud, Minnesota – March 23, 1957 in Wayzata, Minnesota) was a Republican businessman and philanthropist and the scion of a powerful Minnesota family.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelock_Whitney_Jr.

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