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  Science Fair Projects - Randolph Apperson Hearst
Randolph Apperson Hearst (December 2, 1915 - December 18, 2000) was the last surviving son of William Randolph Hearst.
Long active in management of the San Francisco Examiner, he eventually he became chairman of the Hearst board from 1973 to 1996, at which time he retired in favor of his nephew George Randolph Hearst Jr.
It was under Randolph Hearst's chairmanship that the chief executive inherited from his father, Richard E. Berlin, finally retired, but the next three presidents were all also non-family trustees.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Randolph_Apperson_Hearst   (364 words)

  
  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Randolph Apperson Hearst
Randolph Apperson Hearst (December 2, 1915 - December 18, 2000) was the last surviving son of William Randolph Hearst.
Randolph Hearst was married three times, first in 1938 to Catherine Wood Campbell of Atlanta, who was the mother of his five daughters, Catherine, Virginia, Patricia, Anne and Victoria.
Randolph Hearst was divorced from his second wife in 1987, and his third wife, Veronica, survived him.
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 William Randolph Hearst - Search View - MSN Encarta
Hearst was born in San Francisco on April 29, 1863, the son of the American industrialist and politician George Hearst and the philanthropist Phoebe Apperson Hearst.
Hearst was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat from New York City in 1903 and 1905.
Meanwhile, Hearst was steadily expanding his journalistic empire until in 1927 he controlled a chain of 25 newspapers published in major cities of the U.S. He developed the International News Service, a press agency.
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 Wikinfo | William Randolph Hearst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hearst upset the left-wing in America by being a pro-Nazi in the 1930s (for example by entertaining, in 1933, Mussolini's mistress Margherita Sarfatti during her tour of the US) and a staunch anti-Communist in the 1940s.
Hearst was aware of this film's production and he used all his resources and influence in his attempt to halt it and prevent its release at least partially because he felt it insulted Marion Davies.
In 1974 Hearst's granddaughter, Patty Hearst, became notorious after she was kidnapped by a left wing group known as the Symbionese Liberation Army.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=William_Randolph_Hearst   (1002 words)

  
 Patty Hearst
Hearst was born in San Francisco, California, the third of five daughters of Randolph Apperson Hearst.
In her trial, which started on January 15, 1976, Hearst claimed she had been locked blindfolded in a closet and physically and sexually abused, which caused her to join the SLA, an extreme case of the "Stockholm syndrome," in which captives become sympathetic with their captors.
Hearst further argued she was coerced or intimidated into her part in the bank robbery.
www.super70s.com /Super70s/News/Special-Reports/Terrorism/SLA/Patty_Hearst.asp   (887 words)

  
 William Randolph Hearst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hearst was believed by many to have the Spanish-American War of 1898 to encourage sales of his newspaper.
Hearst upset the left-wing in America by a pro- Nazi in the 1930s (for example by entertaining in 1933 Mussolini 's mistress Margherita Sarfatti during her tour of the US) a staunch anti-Communist in the 1940s.
Hearst was aware of this film's and he used all his resources and in his attempt to halt it and its release at least partially because he it insulted Marion Davies.
www.freeglossary.com /William_Randolph_Hearst   (1299 words)

  
 BBC News | AMERICAS | Randolph Hearst dies
Randolph Apperson Hearst, the newspaper heir whose daughter Patricia was kidnapped by the revolutionary Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974, has died.
The 'Patty Hearst story' was one that gripped the world from her father's appeals to the appearance of footage of her taking an active role in robbing a bank.
Randolph Hearst, whose publishing riches were built on top of a gold, silver and copper fortune, was recently listed by Forbes magazine as 150 of the 400 richest people in the country.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1077411.stm   (304 words)

  
 Millicent Hearst
Millicent gave birth to five sons: George Randolph Hearst, born in 1904; William Randolph Hearst, Jr., born in 1908; John Randolph Hearst, born in 1909; and the twins, Randolph Apperson Hearst and David Whitmire (neé Elbert Willson) Hearst, born in 1915.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst, the very proper mother of William Randolph Hearst, was initially dismayed by Millicent’s humble origins, but with the birth of the grandchildren she soon warmed to her daughter-in-law.
William Randolph Hearst established herself firmly in the social and political landscape of New York City through involvement in many charitable activities, often on behalf of the Hearst newspapers.
www.hearstcastle.org /history/millicent.asp   (722 words)

  
 Crucible of Empire - PBS Online
William Randolph Hearst, the powerful owner and editor of the New York Journal, was one of the most colorful, influential, and outspoken figures involved in activities surrounding Spanish-American War.
William Randolph Hearst, son of wealthy U.S. Senator George Hearst and Phoebe Apperson Hearst, was born in San Francisco in 1863.
Hearst's passion for journalism began when he was a young man. As a student at Harvard, Hearst worked on the Harvard Lampoon and later apprenticed with New York World owner Joseph Pulitzer.
www.pbs.org /crucible/bio_hearst.html   (520 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/William Randolph Hearst
His palatial estate, Hearst Castle, near San Simeon, California, on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, was donated by the Hearst Corporation to the state of California in 1957, and is now a State Historical Monument and a National Historic Landmark, open for public tours.
Hearst also diversified his publishing interests into book publishing and magazines; several of the latter are still extant, including such well-known periodicals as Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Town and Country and Harper's Bazaar.
Hearst was reportedly extremely jealous of Davies, who had been involved in an affair with Charlie Chaplin—one of several paramours she would have over the years.
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 Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Hearst's last son dead at 85
Hearst was the last surviving son of the newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.
Randolph Hearst was chairman of the family's media empire from 1973 to 1996.
Hearst is survived by his wife, Veronica, and five daughters.
www.caller2.com /2000/december/19/today/national/12485.html   (171 words)

  
 RANDOLPH APPERSON HEARST 1915-2000 / Stroke Kills Father of Patty Hearst
Randolph Apperson Hearst, the billionaire newspaper heir who became known worldwide when his daughter Patricia was kidnapped by a revolutionary group in 1974, died in a New York hospital yesterday after a stroke.
Instead, the 88-year-old Hearst left his vast holdings under the stewardship of professional managers: Hearst family members were given five of the 13 seats on the board of trustees running Hearst Corp. The trusts creating this arrangement are to remain in effect until the death of the last grandchild alive when Hearst died.
William Randolph Hearst III said some of his earliest memories of his uncle included the impression of him as a physically daring man who had been a flight instructor during World War II.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/12/19/MN72131.DTL&type=printable   (1732 words)

  
 NY Hearst, William Randolph for Governor 1906 Celluloid (HEARSTGOV)
William Randolph was the only child of George Hearst, a successful miner who became a multi-millionaire, and later U.S. Senator from California, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst, a former school teacher from Missouri.
Hearst was believed by many to have drummed-up the Spanish-American War of 1898 to encourage sales of his newspaper.
Hearst built a life for herself as a leading philanthropist, active in society, and creating in 1921 the Free Milk Fund for the poor.
www.catgen.com /bandl/EN/NY-Hearst-William-Randolph-Governor-1906-Celluloid.html   (1832 words)

  
 Randolph Hearst, a Hearst, 85
Monday December 18 7:44 PM ET Randolph Hearst, kidnap victim's father, is dead SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Randolph Apperson Hearst, last surviving son of newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst and father of Patricia Hearst, the kidnapped heiress of the 1970s, died Monday of a stroke.
Randolph Hearst, whose publishing riches were built atop a gold, silver and copper fortune, was recently listed by Forbes magazine as No. 150 of the 400 richest people in the country.
William Randolph Hearst, who died in 1951 at the age of 88, did not leave control of the vast Hearst media empire to any one of his five sons but put it under the stewardship of professional managers while Hearst family members received five of the 13 seats on the board of directors.
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 Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Patty Hearst
Hearst was born in San Francisco, California, the third of five daughters of Randolph Apperson Hearst.
In her trial, which started on January 15, 1976, Hearst claimed she had been locked blindfolded in a closet and physically and sexually abused, which caused her to join the SLA, an extreme case of the "Stockholm syndrome," in which captives become sympathetic with their captors.
Hearst further argued she was coerced or intimidated into her part in the bank robbery.
upto11.net /generic_wiki.php?q=patty_hearst   (528 words)

  
 Patty Hearst Biography | World of Criminal Justice
Her father, Randolph Apperson Hearst, was chairman of the board of the Hearst Corporation--the largest privately owned media conglomerate (a business corporation made up of a number of companies) in the United States.
Hearst's mother, Catherine Wood (Campbell) Hearst, was a member of the governing board of the University of California.
Hearst's legendary grandfather, William Randolph Hearst Jr., amassed a fortune as the founder of the Hearst newspaper empire.
www.bookrags.com /biography/patty-hearst-cri   (178 words)

  
 CNN.com - Hearst newspaper heir dies - December 18, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Randolph Apperson Hearst, the newspaper heir whose daughter Patricia was kidnapped by the revolutionary Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974, died Monday at a New York hospital after suffering a stroke.
Hearst was the last surviving son of the legendary newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst.
Randolph Hearst, one of five sons of the newspaper mogul caricatured by Orson Welles in "Citizen Kane," began work as a cub reporter covering police, courts and City Hall with the Hearst-owned Call-Bulletin in San Francisco.
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 Media Heiress Patty Hearst Pardoned   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hearst was among the 140 Americans pardoned by Clinton on his final day in office.
Hearst's phone number is unpublished, and she could not be reached for comment Saturday.
The Hearst family paid a settlement to the survivors of a woman shot and killed during a SLA bank robbery.
www.rickross.com /reference/symbionese/symbionese5.html   (560 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
HEARST (on tape): I have been given the choice of, one, being released in a safe area or joining the forces of the Symbionese Liberation Army and fighting for my freedom and the freedom of all oppressed people.
The robbery was to showcase Hearst's alleged conversion to its cause.
HEARST: I agreed to let the film be made because, well, primarily because most of the story was in the public record, and Hollywood could have made a film without my ever cooperating with it or agreeing to let it be made.
edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0104/28/pitn.00.html   (3428 words)

  
 Forbes Faces: Randolph Apperson Hearst - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
SILICON VALLEY - Although Randolph Apperson Hearst's career was nothing to yawn at, he mostly lived in the shadow of his media mogul father, and his daughter, who was abducted by terrorists in the 1970s.
Randolph's grandfather George was already a self-made millionaire--his fortune was from mining and ranching--when he was given a little San Francisco paper, The San Francisco Examiner, as payment for a gambling debt.
Randolph continued his work on the board of Hearst late in his life, retiring at the ripe age of 80.
www.forbes.com /2000/12/20/1220faces.html   (586 words)

  
 Hearst Generosity
At the age of 18 she was a petite, charming young lady with enormous blue gray eyes and a sense of humor.
Superintendent Grier and Phoebe Hearst shared beliefs that “money should be used for the good of mankind” and that people needed fun and entertainment as well as basic needs of food and shelter.
Phoebe Hearst’s name is still prominent in Lead 84 years after her death; Highway 385 south from Pluma is named in her honor.
www.deadwoodmagazine.com /archivedsite/Archives/Hearst.htm   (1301 words)

  
 Comprehensive information and links about William Randolph Hearst
Millicent, who remained married to William until his death and who was reportedly highly respected by him for her spirit and strength, built an independent life for herself in New York City as a leading philanthropist, was active in society, and created the Free Milk Fund for the poor in 1921.
Beginning in 1919, Hearst began to construct (and never completed) a spectacular castle on a 240,000 acre (970 kmsup) ranch at San Simeon, California, which he furnished with antiques, art, and entire rooms brought from the great houses of Europe.
In 1974 Hearst's granddaughter, Patty Hearst, made front pages nationwide when she was kidnapped (and later released) by an extremist group.
www.quicknation.com /William_Randolph_Hearst.htm   (1888 words)

  
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Victoria Hearst: I was aware especially in school when they spoke about history and spoke about William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper publisher, that’s [me].
Hearst: After she got convicted, my sisters formed a movement called “Free Patty.” We figured the press and the prosecutors lied and put her in prison, and we’re getting her out.
In spite of all her accomplishments, Victoria’s greatest satisfaction is knowing her father, Randolph Apperson Hearst, had accepted Jesus Christ and become a real father to her before his death.
www.cbn.com /700club/guests/interviews/Victoria_Hearst060606.aspx   (926 words)

  
 Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Phoebe Apperson Hearst was born 1842 in Franklin County, Missouri.
When George Hearst was elected to the United States senate in 1887, the couple relocated to Washington D.C. where Phoebe entertained many guests and statesman.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst died in 1919, a victim of the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918-1919.
www.hearstcastle.org /history/phoebe_hearst.asp   (390 words)

  
 Harper's Bazaar - A Fashionable Life: Veronica Hearst & Fabiola Beracasa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Randolph A. Hearst in Manalapan, the hyperexclusive enclave just south of Palm Beach, Florida, is grand.
Born in Monte Carlo, raised primarily in Switzerland, and fluent in six languages, Hearst is the daughter of Wilhelmus de Gruyter and Princess Fatemeh Khanoum de Gruyter.
In 1987 she married Randolph Apperson Hearst, a billionaire son of William Randolph Hearst, the founder of the Hearst Corporation (publisher of Bazaar), who died in December 2000.
www.harpersbazaar.com /etoc/articles/2006/070106_2.html   (671 words)

  
 Hearst Castle Hotels
The Hearst family is involved in the ownership and management of the company.
Under William Randolph Hearst's will, a common board of thirteen trustees, five family members and eight outsiders, administer the Hearst Foundation, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, and the trust that owns (and selects the 21-member board of) the Hearst Corporation.
Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919) was born in Franklin County, Missouri.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/75/hearst-castle-hotels.html   (1256 words)

  
 Patty Hearst Shaw - Images and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Patricia Hearst Shaw held a nation captive in 1974 when she was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army from her apartment in Berkeley, a home she shared with her fiancee, Steven Weed.
The daughter of Randolph Apperson Hearst, Patty Hearst was used to her family being in the media spotlight.
Her father was chair of the Hearst Corporation and her grandfather was the outrageous patriarch whom Orson Welles used as the model for his classic film Citizen Kane.
www.kevo.com /profile/pattyhearstshaw   (250 words)

  
 Paid Notice: Deaths HEARST, RANDOLPH APPERSON - New York Times
Husband of Veronica, father of Catherine Millicent Hearst, Virginia Anne Hearst Randt and Patricia Campbell Hearst Shaw, Anne Randolph Hearst, and Victoria Veronica Hearst, and four grandchildren.
Through his longstanding friendship with our founder, Jack Hausman, Randolph Hearst became a staunch supporter of the needs of children and adults with cerebral palsy-and their families-over many years.
The Board and staff of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) mourn the loss of our valued friend, Randolph Apperson Hearst, who was a strong supporter of amfAR's research programs through the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.
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