Gardner Dominick Stout II

Gardner Dominick Stout (April 21, 1903 – January 16, 1984) was an American banker and naturalist. He was president of the American Museum of Natural History from 1968 to 1975 and was partner at his family firm Dominick and Dominick for several decades before becoming president.

Biography

Stout was born on April 21, 1903 in Manhattan. His maternal uncle was Senator H. Alexander Smith, who married Ethel's sister Helen, His ancestors also included the Bayard family, as well as New York City post-colonial figure Richard Varick. also a naturalist, she specialized in mollusks. The couple had three sons, During World War II, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served as a staff operations officer on the Seventh Fleet; he was discharged as commander in 1946.