Overview

• His death on May 25 at a Virginia nursing home ended the direct family link to the 10th president’s 1841–45 administration.
• Born in 1928 when his father was 75, he exemplified two generations of late parenthood spanning from John Tyler’s era to the 21st century.
• He co-founded industrial water treatment firm ChemTreat in 1968, building it into a leading provider for major corporations.
• In 1975, he bought and restored Sherwood Forest Plantation and financed the preservation of Fort Pocahontas in 1996.
• His 2001 donation of archives and $5 million to William & Mary’s history department led to its renaming in his honor in 2021.