Philip L. B. Iglehart Explained

Philip L. B. Iglehart (1913  - February 9, 1993) was a Chilean American polo player.[1] [2]

Biography

Philip Iglehart was born in Chile in 1913.[2] He was educated at the Lawrence School in New York City, the Aiken Preparatory School in Aiken, South Carolina, St. Paul's School in New Hampshire and Yale University.[1] [2]

During the Second World War, he served as Vice President for operations in the Pacific Ocean of Grace Lines, a shipping company.[2] He then operated a cattle ranch and orange groves near Lake Okeechobee, Florida.[2] From 1964 until 1974, he owned a farm near the Baltimore Country Club in Baltimore, Maryland.[2]

He established the Gulfstream Polo Club in Lake Worth, Florida.[1] [2] He helped find a new location for the Meadowbrook Polo Club after it was taken by the construction of a highway.[1] [2] In 1988, he founded the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame alongside H. Jeremy Chisholm, Leverett S. Miller, and George C. Sherman, Jr.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

He had two sons and one daughter.[2] His brother was Stewart Iglehart.[2] He lived in Lake Worth, Florida.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.polomuseum.com/hof_inductees/iglehart_philip.htm Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame biography
  2. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-02-12/news/1993043070_1_iglehart-polo-club-philip-l Obituaries: Philip L. B. Iglehart - Investor, polo player
  3. http://www.polomuseum.com/introduction.htm Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame website, Introduction
  4. Horace Laffaye, Dennis J. Amato, Polo in the United States: A History, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2011, p. 289 https://books.google.com/books?id=bA8m29zYOU4C&dq=%22H.+Jeremy+Chisholm%22&pg=PA289
  5. http://chisholmgallery.com/hugh-jeremy-chisholm-and-the-polo-hall-of-fame Chisholm Gallery
  6. http://www.sportpolo.com/History/Polo_Museum.htm Polosport
  7. https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/08/style/jennifer-ehrhardt-philip-l-iglehart.html Jennifer Ehrhardt, Philip L. Iglehart