M. Robert Guggenheim

In January 1938 he married his 4th wife Rebecca Pollard in Miami Beach on his yacht Firenze.

[1] Pollard had finalized her divorce to William van Lennep a week earlier.

[2] He attended Columbia College with the class of 1907, but left before graduation.

[5] As the contest was underway; he was arrested for speeding in New York City - a possible publicity stunt.

[6] He served with the United States Army during World War I.