Tag Archives: Fred Wilpon
Fred Wilpon
Fred Wilpon (Executive. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 22, 1936.) A graduate of the University of Michigan, Fred Wilpon entered the real estate field as vice president of Hanover Equities in 1959 and a decade later moved to Peter Sharp & Co. Since 1971, he has been chairman of Sterling Equities and owner of extensive real […]
Ed Kranepool
Ed Kranepool (Baseball. Born, The Bronx, NY, Nov. 8, 1944.) Longest-serving of the Mets, Edward Emil Kranepool played 18 seasons with the club and eclipsed many of the batting records previously held by Cleon Jones. Kranepool was signed out of James Monroe H.S. by scout Bubber Jonnard (June 27, 1962) for an $80,000 bonus and […]
Nelson Doubleday
Nelson Doubleday (Executive. Born, New York, NY, July 20, 1933.) Scion of the famous New York publishing house (since sold to Germany’s Bertelsmann A.G.), Nelson Doubleday, Jr., graduated Princeton in 1954, served nearly five years in the U.S. Air Force and joined the family business in 1959. He became vice president of Doubleday & Co. […]
