Career
Born to Doctor Henry Clay Van Noy and Catherine South. Raber, he is also the great grandson of Barbourville, Kentucky, pioneer William Van Noy. In 1897, the Van Noy Brothers - who included Ira Clinton, Charles South., and Horace Greeley, founded what was to become the Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company. With humble beginnings, in time the Van Noy Brothers built the Company, later known as the Van Noy Interstate Company, into one of the country’s larger restaurant, hotel, and railroad service chains.
Today, the Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company is known as HMSHost - owned by Autogrill South.p.A.
