Gustave Maurice Heckscher

Gustave Maurice Heckscher in his Curtiss seaplane at 60 miles per hour

Gustave Maurice Heckscher (15 May 1884 – 1967), was a pioneer aviator with seaplanes.[1][2] and later a real estate developer in California.

Early life

He was born on 15 May 1884 in Philadelphia. His multimillionaire and philanthropist father, August Heckscher had made money in zinc mining before entering the New York real estate business. He graduated from Yale in 1906 and was a classmate and associate of Pebble Beach developer Samuel Finley Brown Morse.[3]

On February 6, 1907, he married Frances Louise Vanderhoef. They had a daughter, also named Frances Louise Vanderhoef, on November 17, 1908.[4] In 1909, he bought the Morse Lodge house in Old Westbury, New York and renamed it Upland House.[5]

Aviation career

G. M. Heckscher flew a Glenn Curtiss aircraft in the 1913 Great Lakes Reliability Cruise, at which time he was listed as living in New York.[6]

Real estate

Like his father, Heckscher was involved in real estate deals, especially in California. He bought the San Mateo Polo Club, the Hope Ranch and sat on the initial board of the Hotel Del Monte after the Del Monte Properties company formed in 1919.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Aeronautics. Aeronautical Society of America and the Aero Club of Pennsylvania. 1913. When GM Heckscher stepped from the Curtiss flying boat, about the first questions asked him were not as to how he enjoyed it, ...
  2. ↑ American Aviation Historical Society journal. American Aviation Historical Society. 1984. On May 31, the G M Heckscher flying boat was tried and it proved a marvel. "Doc" Wildman took it alone for the first trip this morning, just to get the feel ...
  3. ↑ Hotelling, Neal (2009). Pebble Beach, The Official Golf History. Chicago IL: Triumph Books. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-60078-300-5. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Embree, Edwin Rogers (1911). History of the Class of 1906 (Yale University. Class of 1906) VOLUME II. p. 867. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Dunleavy, Virginia; Gyori, Elizabeth. "Rich Cribs: In Old Westbury, a Heckscher lived here, and more". newsday. Retrieved 9 March 2017. A Colonial for sale in Old Westbury has gone by at least three different names over the years. In 1909, it was known as Morse Lodge when it underwent renovations designed by the architectural firm of Little & Browne. Later it was dubbed Upland House after being purchased by Gustave Maurice Heckscher, the aviator and polo enthusiast son of philanthropist August Heckscher.
  6. ↑ Noel, E. Percy (1913-05-31). "Aero and Hydro Great Lakes Reliability Cruise Entries to Date" (Volume VI No 9). Aero and Hydro. p. 166. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Hotelling, Neal (2009). Pebble Beach, The Official Golf History. Chicago IL: Triumph Books. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-60078-300-5. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
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