Frederick Vanderbilt Field

Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Born(1905-04-13)April 13, 1905
DiedFebruary 1, 2000(2000-02-01) (aged 94)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
EducationHarvard University
London School of Economics
Spouse(s)Elizabeth Brown (1st), Edith Chamberlain Hunter (2nd), Anita Cohen Boyer (3rd), Nieves Orozco (4th)
Parent(s)William Osgood Field
Lila Vanderbilt Sloane
RelativesCornelius Vanderbilt (great-great-grandfather)
Samuel Osgood (ancestor)
Cyrus Field (ancestor)

Frederick Vanderbilt Field (April 13, 1905 – February 1, 2000) was an American leftist political activist, political writer and a great-great-grandson of railroad tycoon Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt, disinherited by his wealthy relatives for his radical political views. Field became a specialist on Asia and was a prime staff member and supporter of the Institute of Pacific Relations. He also supported Henry Wallace's Progressive Party and so many openly Communist organizations that he was accused of being a member of the Communist Party.[1] He was a top target of the American government during the peak of 1950s McCarthyism. Field denied ever having been a party member but admitted in his memoirs, "I suppose I was what the Party called a 'member at large.'"[2][1]

  1. ^ a b Nemy, Enid (February 7, 2000). "Frederick Vanderbilt Field, Wealthy Leftist, Dies at 94". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  2. ^ Field, Frederick V. (1983). From Right to Left. Brooklyn: Lawrence Hill. pp. 22 (1st wife Elizabeth), 82–84 (Carter), 85 (1st wife "Betty"), 95 (1st wife Elizabeth), 102 (1st wife "Betty"), 139 (1st wife "Betty" 2nd wife Edith), 169 (membership), 172–173 (Purge), 186 (offer), 191 (Empire, Reich), 210 (2nd wife Edith), 211 (3rd wife Anita), 214 (Budenz injure), 216 (Budenz), 217 (Chambers), 258–259 (3rd wife Anita), 266 (Budenz), 267 (Chambers psychopath), 269 (Chambers), 279 (3rd wife Nieves), 304 (3rd wife Nieves). ISBN 9780882081625. Retrieved 29 August 2020.