Awards & Recognition
★Civil Courage Prize founder (annually awarded since 2000)
★Two decorations from Italian government for humanitarian work
★Officer of the British Order of St. John
★Presidential appointments under Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton
Notable Facts
→Founded Train, Smith Investment Counsel (later Train, Babcock Advisors) in 1959
→Co-founder and first managing editor of The Paris Review literary magazine (1953)
→Harvard graduate (BA 1950, MA 1951) magna cum laude, Groton School alumnus
→Authored 25+ books including bestsellers 'The Money Masters' and 'Money Masters of Our Time'
→Descendant of notable American families, cousin of Senator Claiborne Pell
→Founded Afghanistan Relief Committee in 1980s, worked with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
→Chairman of Montrose Group investment advisers
→Wikipedia entry exists documenting his life and career
→Died August 13, 2022 in Rockport, Maine at age 94