boards death_place death_date children birth_place party parents birth_date spouse residence article_title education name occupation death_cause
w. , grace national bank r. grace and company , grace shipping company great neck , new york , united states july 15 , 1950 joseph -lrb- 1910-1935 -rrb- janet maureen peter jr. michael paul ii charles macdonald nora great neck , new york , united states republican william russell grace & lillius gilchrist june 9 , 1872 janet macdonald -lrb- 1884-1937 -rrb- great carolina neck , new york , aiken , south joseph peter grace , sr. .
 columbia university joseph p. grace , sr. . businessman , philanthropist stroke
joseph peter grace , sr. .

joseph peter grace , sr. -lrb- june 9 , 1872 -- july 15 , 1950 -rrb- was an american businessman , polo player , and owner of thoroughbred horses in the sport of steeplechase racing .
born at great neck , new york , the son of businessman and mayor of new york city , william russell grace .
joseph grace graduated from columbia university .
in 1908 he married janet macdonald , the daughter of charles b. macdonald , a major figure in early american golf who built the first 18-hole course in the united states .
she died on december 31 , 1937 at age fifty-three .
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a polo player , in 1911 joseph grace purchased a estate in the lakeville district of long island from almeric h. paget , son-in-law of william collins whitney .
he would acquire a stable of polo ponies as well as thoroughbreds used in point to point steeplechase events .
-lsb- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9f04e7dd113ee233a25754c2a9679d946997d6cf a devout roman catholic , joseph grace was a member of the international organization the sovereign military order of malta , a catholic organization that aids the sick and poor through the establishment of hospitals and clinics around the world .
he also served as president of grace institute , a charity created in 1897 by his father and his uncle , michael grace , that provided tuition-free education and training in business and administrative skills to economically disadvantaged women .
