Melvin Swig

Melvin Morse Swig (July 31, 1917 – May 14, 1993) was an American real estate developer and philanthropist. He was also the owner of the National Hockey League's California Golden Seals and Cleveland Barons.

Early life and education Swig was born to a Jewish family in Boston, He graduated from Brown University in 1939.

Personal life Swig was married four times. In 1939, he married Phyllis Diamond with whom he had two children. They divorced in 1951. Swig then married Marcia Hove and had twin sons. They divorced in 1965. His third wife was Dolores Cochrane who had two daughters from a previous marriage. They were married for seventeen years until her death from lung cancer. His fourth wife was Charlotte Mailliard (née Smith). After his death, she married George Pratt Shultz, who served as the U.S. Secretary of State from 1982 to 1989.