died at his home in Mount Kisco, New York, on March 30, 1981. He left no children with his wife Lila. His niece, Julia Acheson, was married to The New York Times executive Fred D. Thompson. Awards and honors Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (1966) Presidential Medal of Freedom (1972) Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame (1980) See also Glynwood Center References External links The American Presidency Project 1890 births 1981 deaths Businesspeople from Saint Paul, Minnesota Military personnel from Minnesota American magazine founders American magazine publishers (people) Northfield Mount Hermon School alumni Reader's Digest People from Mount Pleasant, New York Philanthropists from New York (state) United States Army personnel of World War I Macalester College alumni Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Minnesota Republicans 20th-century American philanthropists 20th-century American businesspeople American anti-communists New Right (United States)