George T. Delacorte Jr.

George T. Delacorte Jr. (20 June 1894 – 4 May 1991) was an American magazine publisher, born in New York City.

[2] He grew up in Brooklyn with his siblings; Abraham, Mamie, Henrietta, Archibald, Elizabeth, Eugene, and Gertrude.

In 1962, he donated money to establish the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, New York City.

He also donated money for the Delacorte Clock in the park, an Alice in Wonderland sculpture to the north of Conservatory Water with among others the Mad Hatter (whose face is supposedly modeled on that of Delacorte) in honor of his wife,[6][7][8][9] and sculptures of The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet.

[12] He died in Manhattan in 1991 at the age of 96, survived by his second wife Valerie Delacorte (whose second husband was the Hungarian producer Gabriel Pascal), two sons, three daughters, 18 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.