Eugene K. Tonkonogy (1905 – December 30, 2001) was an entrepreneur, lawyer, and owner of the island Marina Cay.
[3] He completed an undergraduate degree at Cornell University, where he was an All-American in lacrosse.
[3] Tonkonogy worked for his father-in-law's insurance brokerage firm but later took an interest in real estate.
Tonkonogy first learned about the Caribbean island Marina Cay after reading an article by Robb White in Esquire.
I always wanted to own an island, I hankered after one as soon as I read my first adventure story as a boy.In his 70s, Tonkonogy fulfilled a lifetime dream of marching in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as a clown.