Talented and good looking, she attracted the attention of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and they married in 1941.
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Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum (c. 1908 – August 12, 2002) was an independent woman of means who was married to two important American men, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and Leonard "Mac" McCollum.
Trippe, his wealthy Yale roommate Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, and their Aviation Corporation of the Americas chairman Richard Hoyt were close to the Second Assistant Postmaster General, W. Irving Glover, the professional head of the U.S. Post Office as the position of Postmaster General was a political sinecure.
Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum, the spouse of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and founder of the Heritage Center Museum, and the Searle House Bed and Breakfast, a memorial to her mother and father
He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a degree in animal husbandry and before playing pro football went to work for renowned racing stable owner, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney.
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