John Fife Symington (1910-2007)
J. Fife Symington, Jr., Airline Executive & U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad & Tobago
His mother's family financed Pan-American Airlines, for whom he would work. He married a granddaughter of Henry Clay Frick and from Baltimore he ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for Congress in 1958, 1960 and 1962. As the state campaign director for Barry Goldwater, he was unable to run for Maryland's attorney seat in 1964. During the Watergate Scandal it was found that he donated $100,000 to Richard Nixon's campaign in the expectation of an ambassadorship to Holland. Nixon's personal attorney, Herbert Kalmbach, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor and was sentenced to prison.
Parents (2)
Children (4)
Martha Frick Symington Sanger
Author & Historian; Mrs. "Martie" Martha Frick (Symington) Jenney, Sanger
b.1941
Helen Clay (Symington) Chace
Mrs. Helen Clay (Symington) Chace; President Emirata of the Frick Collection
b.c.1943
