Randolph Apperson Hearst

Randolph Apperson Hearst

Randolph Apperson Hearst (December 2, 1915 – December 18, 2000) was the last surviving son of William Randolph Hearst. He was the father of Patty Hearst.

Biography

After his graduation from Harvard University in 1938, Randolph Hearst joined the family business, the Hearst Corporation. Long active in management of the San Francisco Examiner, he eventually became chairman of the Hearst board from 1973 to 1996, at which time he retired in favor of his nephew George Randolph Hearst Jr.

He never had the opportunity to become chief executive officer because his father's will established a trust that had five family (initially his sons, then their heirs) and eight non-family trustees, all serving for life and electing their successors maintaining those proportions. The trustees name the corporation's board of directors, and the trust does not dissolve until all grandchildren of William Randolph Hearst alive at his death have died. 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.

On his death, Randolph Hearst's seat as a trustee of his father's will went to Virginia Hearst Randt, second-oldest of his five daughters, who also include Patty Hearst.

Randolph Hearst was married three times, first in 1938 to Catherine Wood Campbell of Atlanta, Georgia who was the mother of his five daughters, Catherine, Virginia, Patricia, Anne and Victoria. Catherine Hearst was a Roman Catholic and conservative Regent of the University of California before resigning in 1976. After their divorce, the first Mrs. Hearst moved to Beverly Hills. Randolph Hearst divorced his second wife Maria Cynthia Scruggs in 1987 to marry a third wife, Veronica de Gruyter (formerly "de Beracasa" and "de Uribe") that same year. Thirteen years later, the third Mrs. Hearst survived and inherited from him.

He died on December 18, 2000, at the age of 85. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Randolph A. Hearst, Whose Father Built Newspaper Empire, Is Dead at 85. Randolph A Hearst, last surviving son of William Randolph Hearst, dies at age 85 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E3DD1339F93AA25751C1A9669C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |quote= Randolph A. Hearst, the last surviving son of the man who shook American journalism and politics in the early part of the 20th century, died yesterday at New York Presbyterian Hospital. In the 1970's, he ran his father's flagship, The San Francisco Examiner, as it covered the kidnapping and brief criminal career of his own daughter. Mr. Hearst, who was 85, died of a stroke, according to a statement issued by The Hearst Corporation. Mr. Hearst lived in New York with his wife, Veronica de Uribe. |work=New York Times |date=December 19, 2000 |accessdate=2008-07-24 ]

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