Walter Hochschild

Hochschild was born on September 27, 1900 in New York City to Berthold and Mathilde Hochschild.^[3]

In 1950, Hochschild became president of AMAX and chairman and chief executive officer in 1957. He has a noted business acumen. While overseeing his company's interests in Africa, he correctly predicted that the rapid growth of African nationalism in Central Africa would play a dominant political role in Rhodesia.^[4]

Hochschild served as a trustee of the Museum of the City of New York for thirty years, and as a lifelong senior trustee of the United States Council of the International Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1947. He built Eagle Nest camp in Blue Mountain Lake, New York, an Adirondack Great Camp. Eagle Nest accommodated Jews at a time when they were not welcome in "better" resort hotels in New York City.^[5]

Hochschild was married to Kathrin Samstag Hochschild; they had three daughters: Patricia Hochschild Labalme, Lynn Hochschild Boillot, and Ann Hochschild Poole.^[6][7][8][9]

• New York Times, Walter Hochschild, Headed American Metal Climax Inc, February 2, 1983.