Philip Hanson Hiss III

[1] He was also a member of the Office of Strategic Services[2][6] (precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency).

In 1948, Hiss had a 48-foot yacht built for himself and left New York City for Sarasota, Florida.

[3] In 1952, he commissioned architects Paul Rudolph and Tim Seibert to build the Hiss Residence, also known as the "Umbrella House.

[4] After a dispute with the board and having completed his second term, Hiss worked briefly for the Tampa Tribune newspapers and then left Sarasota, first for London, then to Carmel and finally Monterey, California.

[1][3] Since 2003, a photographic collection from Hiss resides in the archives of the University of California, Santa Barbara.