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Aug 1, 1973 · PALM SPRINGS, Calif., July 31 (AP)— Hyatt Robert von Dehn, founder of the Hyatt House hotel chain, died of a head ailment in Pebble Beach on Saturday. He was 58 years old. He leaves his...
Wednesday in the Christian Chapel, Desert Memorial Park for Hyatt Robert von Dehn, 58. of Palm Springs who died at his vacation home in Pebble Beach, Calif. Saturday of an apparent heart attack. A resident of Palm Springs for 25 years, he was a member of the Thunderbird Country club. Born in Buffalo, N Y. he founded the Hyatt House hotel chain.
When Hyatt Robert Von Dehn was born on 21 May 1904, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States, his father, Martin L Von Dehn, was 29 and his mother, Lucy Olive Eloise Chapman, was 25. He married Dolores Alize Covington on 26 April 1926, in Orange, California, United States.
The first Hyatt House was opened in 1954 by entrepreneurs Hyatt Robert von Dehn (1904–1973) and Jack Dyer Crouch (1915–1990) as a motel near Los Angeles International Airport. In 1957, the hotel was purchased by entrepreneur Jay Pritzker for US$ 2.2 million .
Jan 24, 1999 · The hotel -- named after its owner, Hyatt Von Dehn -- was for sale, and Mr. Pritzker decided on the spot to buy it and Fat Eddie's, writing his offer of $2.2 million on a napkin. Mr. Pritzker...
Jul 31, 1973 · Hyatt House Chain PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Robert Dehn, whu built the first air. port hotel and founded the Hyatt Ilo«se hotel Chain, is (lead al age 58. Vail Dehn had a heart at- tack Saturday at his vaca- (ion home at Pcl)hle Beach, Calif. He lived here for the past 25 years. The first airport the first Hyatt House—was built adjacent
Jan 17, 2024 · Biography. Hyatt was born in 1904. He was a resident of Palm Springs for 25 years. He was a member of the Thunderbird Country Club. He founded the Hyatt Hotel chain. Hyatt was an assistant vice president of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company of New York, and also former president of the Cherry Valley Land and Water Company.
