Marshall Field III

Marshall Field III
Marshall Field in 1919
Born(1893-09-28)September 28, 1893
Chicago, Illinois, US
DiedNovember 8, 1956(1956-11-08) (aged 63)
EducationEton College &
Cambridge University
Occupation(s)Investment banker,
Publisher: Newspaper, magazine, books
Racehorse owner/breeder
Philanthropist
Known forFounder: Chicago Sun & Parade magazine
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
  • Evelyn Marshall
    (m. 1915; div. 1930)
  • (m. 1930; div. 1934)
  • Ruth Pruyn Phipps
    (m. 1936)
Children
From Evelyn
From Ruth
    • Phyllis
    • Fiona
Parent(s)Marshall Field II
Albertine Huck
RelativesHenry Field (brother)
Gwendolyn Mary Field (sister)
Marshall Field (grandfather)
Ethel Field (aunt)
Edgar Uihlein (cousin)

Marshall Field III (September 28, 1893 – November 8, 1956) was an American investment banker, publisher, racehorse owner/breeder, philanthropist, grandson of businessman Marshall Field, heir to the Marshall Field department store fortune, and a leading financial supporter and founding board member of Saul Alinsky's community organizing network Industrial Areas Foundation.[1][2]

  1. ^ IAF: 50 Years Organizing for Change, p. 7.
  2. ^ Horwitt, Let Them Call Me Rebel, pp. 102-103.