Conrad Hilton

S

E

N

A

L

P

R

I

A

N

B

U

S

I

N

E

S

S

M

A

N

X

N

A

M

E

R

I

C

A

N

H

O

T

E

L

I

E

R

J

D

I

D

S

I

Y

G

B

R

T

N

S

C

Z

E

R

D

R

M

T

U

T

J

I

Z

Z

C

N

S

P

I

L

N

A

F

R

S

A

W

I

I

I

Z

S

P

M

B

B

H

N

A

A

M

O

S

K

Z

H

L

A

D

A

B

C

I

E

Z

H

N

Q

O

E

N

Y

I

D

C

J

M

L

X

M

Z

D

Y

G

C

U

I

R

A

R

L

Y

A

C

V

N

S

C

A

D

L

R

A

S

H

C

O

G

M

U

M

N

S

S

N

Z

S

A

T

S

A

T

W

O

V

R

A

U

M

Y

I

X

X

G

O

V

T

H

J

C

H

M

I

B

C

A

Y

T

Y

G

E

M

C

V

U

S

N

P

O

J

X

I

F

A

I

L

O

O

Z

T

D

F

A

E

N

G

O

B

O

A

N

G

L

N

H

I

Z

C

X

T

N

E

F

D

R

B

Y

C

V

P

I

N

I

T

Y

O

U

L

N

C

H

O

K

S

F

F

M

A

O

H

K

X

T

J

O

B

L

M

M

L

B

A

D

A

C

J

T

O

S

Q

N

R

U

T

A

N

T

V

S

A

A

I

S

U

N

F

E

I

B

A

N

I

H

C

M

U

R

M

E

O

R

T

N

W

P

R

L

C

E

L

X

H

N

H

A

U

E

N

O

R

X

N

K

N

I

A

T

Y

D

R

E

S

S

E

I

C

E

Y

P

S

P

A

A

W

A

A

T

J

E

C

E

Y

A

B

T

C

M

L

E

G

N

G

R

F

S

C

R

S

A

E

T

Y

C

U

T

Y

O

L

O

W

Q

R

A

E

O

I

J

H

W

T

R

G

N

I

H

T

O

N

A

R

K

L

E

O

O

K

C

R

I

X

D

L

I

Q

Y

K

O

N

R

J

T

I

E

B

L

N

H

Y

L

E

G

I

S

L

A

T

U

R

E

A

Z

E

A

X

S

H

I

E

W

N

D

E

T

S

E

T

N

O

C

Q

D

P

P

N

V

Q

T

T

T

M

G

N

N

Q

M

A

R

Y

A

D

E

L

A

I

D

E

B

A

R

R

O

N

X

E

 

(December 25, 1887 -
January 3 1979) was an	Hilton's autobiography,
AMERICAN HOTELIER	BE MY GUEST, was published
and founder of the Hilton Hotel	in 1957 by Prentice Hall.
chain.	He was a very successful
	BUSINESSMAN and an
He was born Conrad	example of the prototypical
NICHOLSON Hilton in	American business tycoon.
SAN ANTONIO, New	He ranks along with Ford
Mexico Territory, the	(automobiles), Morgan
son of Augustus HOLVER	(FINANCE), Rockfeller
(later Hilton) and Mary	(PETROLEUM), Du Pont
Laufersweiler. His father,	(armament and chemicals),
Augustus, who was born	Disney (entertainment),
on the Hilton family	Hughes (AIRPLANES),
FARM near Kløfta in the	Stanford (railroads),
municipality of Ullensaker,	Carnegie (steel), and
NORWAY, where relatives	Duke (TOBACCO).
still live, emigrated to
the United States. Conrad's	Conrad Hilton died in
mother was the daughter	SANTA MONICA, California
of a German-born merchant.	at the age of NINETY-ONE.
	He is interred at Calvary
Conrad was educated at	Hills Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.
SAINT MICHAEL'S
COLLEGE (now the College	His estate founded the
of Santa Fe), and at the	Conrad N. Hilton
New Mexico School of	HUMANITARIAN Prize.
Mines. In his early twenties,	He left NOTHING to his
he was a representative in	children or other descendants,
the first state LEGISLATURE	but his son, Barron Hilton,
of the newly-formed State	CONTESTED the will
of NEW MEXICO.	and won in 1988. The net
	worth of Barron, and his
He entered the hotel business	descendants, then jumped
by buying the MOBLEY	to over $335,000,000.
Hotel in Cisco, TEXAS,
in 1919. The first hotel	AMERICAN HOTELIER
he had built was the	NICHOLSON
DALLAS HILTON, which	SAN ANTONIO
opened on August 2, 1925.	HOLVER
He formed the Hilton	FARM
Hotel CORPORATION	NORWAY
in 1946. The company	SAINT MICHAELS COLLEGE
expanded into credit cards,	LEGISLATURE
car rentals, and other	NEW MEXICO
travel services.	MOBLEY
	TEXAS
Hilton had three wives,	DALLAS HILTON
MARY ADELAIDE BARRON	CORPORATION
(married 1925-divorced 1934),	MARY ADELAIDE BARRON
actress ZSA ZSA GABOR	ZSA ZSA GABOR
(married 1942-divorced 1947)	MARY FRANCES
and MARY FRANCES	CONRAD
(married 1976).	WILLIAM
	ERIC
He and Barron had three	CONSTANCE
sons, CONRAD Nicholson	BE MY GUEST
Hilton, Jr. (1926 -1969);	BUSINESSMAN
WILLIAM Barron Hilton	FINANCE
(born 1927); and ERIC	PETROLEUM
Michael Hilton (born 1932).	AIRPLANES
He and Gabor had one	TOBACCO
daughter, CONSTANCE	SANTA MONICA
Francesca Hilton (born 1947),	NINETY ONE
who is the only child	HUMANITARIAN
born to any of the	NOTHING
three Gabor sisters.	CONTESTED

Learning With Puzzles™All Rights Reserved