H. Joseph Allen

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H. Joseph Allen
Born (1941-07-19) July 19, 1941 (age 82)
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Occupation(s)Businessman:
Newsprint production
Racehorse owner/breeder
Spouse(s) Barbara Tanner (divorced)
Rhonda Roland Shearer (divorced)

H. Joseph Allen (born July 19, 1941 in The Bronx, New York) is an American businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.

Biography

A graduate of the University of Michigan, Allen is a partner with his cousin Peter M. Brant in the privately owned newsprint company, Brant-Allen Industries, Inc, co-founded by their fathers.[1] Allen served as vice chairman and president of the company.

For a number of years Joseph Allen has been involved in Thoroughbred racing and with Peter Brant, owned Just A Game, winner of the 1980 Eclipse Award for American Champion Female Turf Horse.[2] The Grade 1 Just A Game Stakes at Belmont Park is run in her honor.[3]

At the age of 29, Allen married 19 year old Barbara Tanner, in the early 1970s.[4] He bought her a 25 percent stake of Andy Warhol's Interview magazine, so she would have something to do.[4] Fran Liebowitz, who was then an associate of Warhol, said the marriage was over as soon as Barbara joined the Warhol entourage.[4] He later married and divorced Rhonda Roland Shearer.[5]

References

  1. ^ Segal, David (2010-01-23). "For Richer or for ... Not Quite as Rich". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  2. ^ The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts Archived 2012-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Belmont Park at the NYRA". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
  4. ^ a b c George Gurley (2007-03-26). "Barbara of Beekman Place". New York Observer. Retrieved 2019-08-05. While at Finch, she met Joseph Allen, a 29-year-old newsprint entrepreneur. She was 19. They got married.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Yuan, Jada (May 6, 2020). "She went $600,000 in debt to outfit coronavirus workers — and hospitals keep turning her down". The Philadelphia Inquirer.

External links

  • Profile - National Thoroughbred Racing Association