Emil "Business" Mosbacher, Junior. was a two-time America"s Cup-winning yachtsman, the founding chairman of Operation Sail, and Chief of Protocol of the United States during the administration of President Richard Nixon.
Background
Mosbacher was born in White Plains, New New York He was the son of Gertrude (née Schwartz) and Emil Mosbacher, Senior, a wealthy stock trader who divested himself of his holdings just before the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and who, as a member of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club, help formulate specifications for the Interclub class of racing sloops.
Education
Graduate cum laude, Choate School, 1939;
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth College, 1943;
Master of Arts (honorary), Dartmouth College, 1963;
honorary Doctor of Laws, Long Island U., 1969.
Career
His family was of German Jewish descent. During World World War II Mosbacher served on a Navy minesweeper in the Pacific. In the 1940s and 1950s he oversaw his family"s oil, natural gas and real estate business.
Mosbacher is best known for his yacht racing.
Mosbacher was appointed Chief of Protocol of the United States shortly before President Nixon"s inauguration in 1969 and served until 1972. He was founding chairman of Operation Sail, which brought hundreds of tall ships to New York during the United States Bicentennial in 1976.
He was also an organizer of Operation Sail events in 1986, marking the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, and 1992, marking the cinquecentennial of Columbus"s voyage. His numerous other offices included Commodore of the New York Yacht Club, chairman of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and directorships of Chemical Bank, Chubb, Abercrombie & Fitch, and other companies.
Mosbacher died in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Achievements
Membership
Company-chairman American Red Cross, New York City, 1962-1963, board directors, 1977-1979. Honorary trustee Lenox Hill Hospital. Honorary trustee Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut, 1968-1975, former chairman Choate Fathers Association.
Former president Fathers Association Rye Country Day School. Past trustee Mystic Seaport. Board overseers Hoover Institution War, Revolution and Peace, chairman, 1979, 82-85.
Member of New York Medical College advisory council. Member of advisory board Dartmouth Institute. Member of advisory board Dartmouth Institute, 1975-1981, former member of advisory board Dartmouth Alumni Council, chairman Dartmouth Third Century Doctor.
General chairman United Hospital Fund of New York, 1977, 78. Chairman Operation Sail, 1964, 76, 86, 92. Board of Governors Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.
Elected board advisory Naval War College, 1987. Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member Indiana Petroleum Association American, Yacht Racing Association Long Island Sound, United States Yacht Racing Union, United States International Sailing Association, North America Yacht Racing Union, Choate Associates, Pilgrims of the United States, United States Srs.
Golf Association, Gamma Delta Chi.
Interests
Yachting (successful defence of America"s Cup 1962 and 1967).
Connections
Married Patricia Ryan, November 24, 1950. Children: Emil III, Richard Bruce, John David.