in the eastern United States, worth approximately $23 million (1/993rd of US GNP). Honors In his honor: The USS Whitney (AD-4) was named after him when launched on October 12, 1923 at the Boston Navy Yard The William C. Whitney Wilderness Area of the Adirondack Park in Upstate New York is also named in his honor. References External links William Collins Whitney biography on the Whitney Research Group website. Whitney at the Naval Department 1841 births 1904 deaths American businesspeople American people of English descent American racehorse owners and breeders Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) Cleveland administration cabinet members 19th-century American politicians Harvard Law School alumni New York (state) lawyers Owners of Epsom Derby winners People from Conway, Massachusetts United States Secretaries of the Navy William Collins Yale University alumni Massachusetts Democrats People from Old Westbury, New York People included in New York Society's Four Hundred Bourbon Democrats