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Whitney Straight
Air Commodore Whitney Willard Straight, CBE, MC, DFC (6 November 1912 – 5 April 1979) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman, and a member of the prominent Whitney family of the United States.
Early life.
Born in New York City, Whitney Straight was the son of Major Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918) and heiress Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968). He was almost six years old when his father died in France of influenza during the great epidemic while
was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and served as a major.
Personal life.
Straight was reportedly engaged to be married to Ethel Roosevelt, daughter of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, according to the society pages of the times. During his life, he served as a trustee of Cornell and a member of the Century Association and Knickerbocker Club.
In 1911, after five years of courtship, Straight married Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), a member of the prominent Whitney family, in Geneva, Switzerland. Her father