J. Watson Webb Jr.

He was born in Syosset, New York, to James Watson Webb II of the Vanderbilt family and Electra Havemeyer.

[2] He began work in California as an apprentice film editor at 20th-Century Fox, and eventually became head of the editing department.

[2] Also among his credits, along with Three Wives (1949) starring Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern and Kirk Douglas were The Jackpot (1950) also with Stewart and Don't Bother to Knock (1952) starring Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark and Anne Bancroft.

[citation needed] Webb succeeded his mother and served as the president of the Shelburne Museum from 1960 until 1977 and then as chairman of the board of directors until 1996.

[2][5] Webb gave his mother's folk art first purchase, made at the age of 18 in Stamford, Connecticut, prominent display in his California home for decades.