About David Solinger
Lived 1906 – 1996 (aged 89–90). David Solinger was an American art collector.
David M. Solinger (February 17, 1906 – October 29, 1996) was a lawyer, art collector, and president of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Biography Solinger was born in New York City in 1906, the son of Maurice Solinger, a meatpacking business executive. After graduating from Cornell University and Columbia Law School, he worked as a senior partner at the Manhattan law firm Solinger and Gordon. He remarried to Betty Ann Besch. Solinger died at his home in Manhattan on October 29, 1996.
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art collector
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David Solinger was born in 1906 in New York City.
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David Solinger died on 29 October 1996 in Manhattan.
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David Solinger was an art collector.
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