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