Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky
| Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 May 1925 London, England |
| Spouse(s) | Claire Elizabeth McGinnis (m. 1949—1956; divorced) Mary Elizabeth Morris (m. 1959—2006; her death) |
| Children | Marina Ivanovna Knyaginya Obolensky Ivan Ivanovich Knyaz Obolensky David Ivanovich Knyaz Obolensky Sergei Ivanovich Knyaz Obolensky |
| Parent(s) | Sergei Platonovich Obolensky Ava Alice Muriel Astor |
| Relatives | John Jacob Astor IV (grandfather) Ava Lowle Willing (grandmother) William Vincent Astor (uncle) John Jacob Astor VI (half-uncle) |
Prince Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky (born 15 May 1925) is an American New York City-based financial analyst and corporate officer. He served in the United States Navy and worked as a publisher.[1]
Early life
Obolensky was born in London, Middlesex, on 15 May 1925, to Sergei Platonovich "Serge" Obolensky and Ava Alice Muriel Astor. Through his mother, he is a great-great-great-grandson of John Jacob Astor and the elder grandson of John Jacob Astor IV, who died on the RMS Titanic.[1]
Ivan was educated at St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island, and graduated from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1947. While at Yale, he was a member of St. Elmo, a senior secret society.
Career
After Yale, Obolensky became a writer working for Telavid Inc. Imports, and went on to serve with the United States Navy as a pilot. In 1957, he formed a publishing firm McDowell, Obolensky Inc. with a partner, David McDowell. The firm published James Agee's Pulitzer Prize novel, A Death in the Family (1957), and was the U.S. publisher for Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart (1959). It was dissolved in 1960. Obolensky then formed a second publishing house, Ivan Obolensky, Inc. This firm continued through 1965, when he joined the investment banking firm of A. T. Brod & Company as a partner.[1]
Throughout his main career on Wall Street as a financial analyst, Obolensky has covered many prestigious accounts. He was Vice President of Moseley, Hallgarten, Estabrook & Weeden Inc., Stock brokers and is currently Vice President of Shields & Company. Obolensky is an active member of the philanthropic community in New York. He has, for many years, been an active supporter of the Soldiers', Sailors', Marines', Coast Guard and Airmen's Club,[2] and New York's International Debutante Ball,[3] which benefits the club. He is also Treasurer of the Russian Nobility Association in America, Inc.,[4] and the New York Prior of the Orthodox Order of St. John.[5]
Marriages and children
Obolensky first married in New York City on 10 October 1949 to Claire Elizabeth McGinnis (born in San Francisco, California, on 7 March 1929).[6] The marriage ended in divorce in 1956.[7] She was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco, California, United States, the Finch Junior College in Manhattan, New York City, and at Miss Burke's School in San Francisco. Claire was the daughter of Felix Signoret McGinnis (25 January 1883 – 17 March 1945), Vice-President of the Southern Pacific Company and Director of the Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc., and wife (m. June 1917) Clara Leonhardt (14 April 1887 – 25 January 1984). Claire later married secondly Garrick C. Stephenson (1927 – 3 February 2007), without issue.[7]
On 22 October 1959, he married Mary Elizabeth Morris (16 January 1934 – 21 August 2006).[8][9]
Ivan has one daughter and two sons by his first marriage, and one son by his second marriage:
- Princess Marina Ivanovna Obolensky (born 31 October 1951), married to a Carlton
- Prince Ivan Ivanovich Obolensky (born 22 June 1952), married without issue
- Prince David Ivanovich Obolensky (born 23 October 1953), who attended St. Bernard's School in New York City, and like his father St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island, and graduated with the Class of 1977 from Rollins College, who works as an Investment Broker with E. F. Hutton & Company in Nashville, married Mary Catherine Hicks (b. 7 October 1952) on 21 March 1981, a graduate from St. Cecilia Academy in Nashville and from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Knox County, who works as a Commercial Real-Estate Appraiser for the "Bankers Mortgage Corporation" in Nashville and is a Member of the "Junior League of Nashville", daughter of George Thomas Hicks, a Land Developer and Civil Engineer.[10] David and Mary have two daughters:
- Princess Natalya Elizabeth Davidovna Obolensky (born 29 September 1984)
- Princess Octavia Willing Davidovna Obolensky (born 22 May 1989)
- Prince Sergei Ivanovich Obolensky (b. after 1959), unmarried and without issue
References
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- Living people
- Obolensky family
- Astor family
- Livingston family
- American people of Dutch descent
- American people of German descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Russian descent
- American people of Scottish descent
- People from London
- Yale University alumni
