Spouse(s) Mary Thorne Children Kingdon Gould III Education Yale University | Parents Kingdon Gould, Sr. Name Kingdon Jr. | |
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Born January 3, 1924 (age 100) ( 1924-01-03 ) New York City Occupation United States ambassador to Luxembourg (1969-1972) Cousins Eileen Vivien de la Poer Beresford, Gioia Bishop Grandparents George Jay Gould I, Edith Kingdon Uncles Jay Gould II, George Jay Gould II, George Sinclair Gould | ||
Kingdon Gould Jr. (born January 3, 1924), a great-grandson of Jay Gould, is a former ambassador, businessman, and philanthropist. He is the grandfather of United States Olympic cyclist Georgia Gould.
Biography
Gould was the third child of Kingdon Gould, Sr., and his only son. He attended Millbrook School and graduated in 1942. He served in World War II and was the recipient of two Purple Hearts and two Silver Stars. He has four sons, Kingdon Gould III (born 1948), H. Thorne Gould (born 1949), Frank Jay Gould II, and Caleb Gould as well as five daughters. For many years he was business partner of Nick Antonelli in the Washington DC parking and real estate development PMI Parking Management Inc.
Gould served as United States ambassador to Luxembourg from May 1969 to October 1972, He later served as ambassador to the Netherlands from October 1973 to September 1976. As of 2013 he continues to serve as a trustee to the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, a nonpartisan organization "dedicated to educating citizens about foreign affairs". Gould's donations to Republican candidates and party organs continue to attract the attention of the media, as for instance in 2006 when the New York Times reported that he had donated $25,000 to the Republican National Committee.
In addition to his business and political interests, he is known in the area as a donor to a range of educational institutions. Chief among these is Glenelg Country School in Howard County, Maryland, of which he is the principal founder. He also figured in the creation of the Capital Crescent Trail; having purchased the DC portion of the newly abandoned Georgetown branch from CSX in 1989, he sold the route to the National Park Service the following year.