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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.
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. [6] In 1957, the hotel was purchased by entrepreneur Jay Pritzker for US$2.2 million. His younger brother, Donald Pritzker, also took on an important role ...
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.
Find out the life history, family, and sources of Hyatt Robert Von Dehn, who was born in Buffalo, New York, and died in Pebble Beach, California. See his photos, memories, and possible related names.
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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.
OUR story. Hyatt was founded by Jay Pritzker in 1957 when he purchased the Hyatt House motel adjacent to the Los Angeles International Airport.
Mr. von Dehn, who was born in Buffalo and educated at Columbia University and at the Sorbonne, served as a Navy commander in World War II. He was an assistant vice president of the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company of New York and, later, a director of the Southwest Bank of Inglewood, Calif.
