TOWN

Official Website:
http://www.greenwichct.org/

Population:
61101 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1640

County:
Fairfield County

• First Selectman of Greenwich, CT

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Stone Point Capital	2005
United Rentals	1997
Long-Term Capital Management	1994
ESL Investments	1988
Capricorn Holdings	1987
UST	1986
Interactive Brokers Group	1977
W. R. Berkley	1967
Blyth	1933
Witco Corporation	1920

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Chris Berman	Sports Journalist	10-May-1955		Sportscaster on ESPN
Jonathan J. Bush	Relative	6-May-1931		Brother of George H.W. Bush
William Trotter Bush	Relative	14-Jul-1938		Brother of George H.W. Bush
Glenn Close	Actor	19-Mar-1947		Fatal Attraction
Chris Coons	Politician	9-Sep-1963		US Senator from Delaware
Charles L. Glazer	Business	c. 1943		US Ambassador to El Salvador
Shelley Hack	Actor	6-Jul-1947		Replacement Charlie's Angel for 1 season
Peter Hermann	Actor	15-Aug-1967		Married to Mariska Hargitay
Tom Noonan	Actor	12-Apr-1951		Manhunter
Bijou Phillips	Musician	1-Apr-1980		I'd Rather Eat Glass
Dick Purcell	Actor	6-Aug-1908	10-Apr-1944	The Bank Dick
Linda Purl	Actor	2-Sep-1955		Charlene on Matlock
Evan Ross	Actor	26-Aug-1988		Son of Diana Ross
Matt Ross	Actor	3-Jan-1970		Alby Grant on Big Love
Diana Taylor	Business	c. 1955		NY Superindendent of Banks, 2003-07
Peter Tesei	Politician	c. 1969		First Selectman of Greenwich, CT
Heather Thomas	Actor	8-Sep-1957		Jody Banks on The Fall Guy
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend	Politician	4-Jul-1951		Lt. Governor of Maryland, 1995-2003
Roger Tubby	Government	30-Dec-1910	14-Jan-1991	Truman's press secretary

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mel Allen	Sports Journalist	13-Feb-1913	16-Jun-1996	Sportscaster, Voice of the Yankees
Victor Borge	Pianist	3-Jan-1909	23-Dec-2000	Comedic pianist
Reginald K. Brack	Business	26-Aug-1937	4-Oct-2016	CEO of Time Inc., 1986-94
Bud Collyer	Game Show Host	18-Jun-1908	8-Sep-1969	To Tell the Truth
Tommy Dorsey	Musician	19-Nov-1905	26-Nov-1956	Popular bandleader
Robert R. Douglass	Attorney	16-Oct-1931	6-Dec-2016	Vice Chairman of Chase Manhattan, 1985-93
Frank Gifford	Football	16-Aug-1930	9-Aug-2015	Monday Night Football
Leona Helmsley	Business	4-Jul-1920	20-Aug-2007	Queen of Mean
Ray Henderson	Songwriter	1-Dec-1896	31-Dec-1970	The Best Things in Life Are Free
Albert Kingsbury	Engineer	23-Dec-1863	28-Jul-1943	Kingsbury thrust bearing
Mary Lasker	Activist	30-Nov-1900	21-Feb-1994	Health care advocate
Kurt Masur	Conductor	18-Jul-1927	19-Dec-2015	Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1991-2002
William J. McDonald	Attorney	1928	19-Feb-1990	Chief Lawyer at Union Pacific, 1969-89
Frank McHugh	Actor	23-May-1898	11-Sep-1981	The Roaring Twenties
Mary Tyler Moore	Actor	29-Dec-1936	25-Jan-2017	The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Martha Moxley	Victim	16-Aug-1960	30-Oct-1975	Murdered by Michael Skakel
Jack Paar	Talk Show Host	1-May-1918	27-Jan-2004	Second host of the Tonight Show
Joseph Verner Reed	Government	17-Dec-1937	29-Sep-2016	US Ambassador to Morocco, 1981-85
Albert J. Rosenthal	Legal Scholar	5-Mar-1919	17-Mar-2010	Dean of Columbia Law School, 1979-84
Louis Rukeyser	Talk Show Host	30-Jan-1933	2-May-2006	Host of PBS's Wall $treet Week
Edward Stettinius, Jr.	Government	22-Oct-1900	31-Oct-1949	US Secretary of State, 1944-45
Barbara Tuchman	Historian	30-Jan-1912	6-Feb-1989	A Distant Mirror
Gene Tunney	Boxing	25-May-1897	7-Nov-1978	Heavyweight Boxing Champion, 1926-28
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.	Business	14-Jan-1914	31-Dec-1993	CEO of IBM, 1956-71
John L. Weinberg	Business	25-Jan-1925	7-Aug-2006	Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1976-90
George Weissman	Business	12-Jul-1919	24-Jul-2009	CEO of Philip Morris, 1978-84

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