William Payne Whitney was an American businessman and member of the influential Whitney family. He inherited a fortune and enlarged it through business dealings, then devoted much of his money and efforts to a wide variety of philanthropic purposes. His will included funds to expand the New York Hospital, now called NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic was established.
- Occupation
- entrepreneur, socialite, lawyer, tennis player
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1876, March 20, 1876
- Died
- May 25, 1927
