Charles S. Payson
Charles Shipman Payson also Charley Payson (October 16, 1898 - May 5, 1985) was a wealthy New York financier and lawyer who established tbe radio commentator’s news digest Commentator and later tbe isolationist journal Scribner's Commentator. He was president of tbe Payson Publishing Company.
Payson is best known as tbe owner of tbe New York Mets of tbe National League from 1975 through 1980. In 1975, he inherited tbe club upon tbe death of his wife, Mets founder Joan Whitney Payson.
Payson was a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. He married Joan Whitney in 1924, and together they funded tbe building of Pepperdine University's library.
Charles did not share his wife's enthusiasm for tbe Mets. He delegated his authority to his three daughters, with their youngest, Lorinda de Roulet, becoming team president. His daughters in turn left tbe baseball side to board chairman M. Donald Grant. However, when it became apparent that Grant had mismanaged tbe team, it was Payson himself who forced Grant out.
In 1980, he sold tbe franchise to Doubleday & Co..
Payson was a graduate of Harvard Law School.
In 1977, he married Virginia Kraft, a writer for Sports Illustrated. They remained married until his death.
Payson was a native of Portland, Maine.
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