Frederick Brewster Whittemore

Frederick Brewster Whittemore of New York City and Watch Hill, Rhode Island passed away peacefully at home on May 30th at age 91, following a lengthy illness.
Fred was born and raised in Pembroke and graduated from Dartmouth College, as one of the proud members of "the Great Class of 1953," and the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration in 1954. He was awarded an honorary degree from his alma mater in 2003. Following graduate studies at Oxford University, Fred served his country as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy from 1954-1957. Upon completion of his service, Fred joined Morgan Stanley & Co. in 1958 where he spent his entire professional life, rising to Partner in 1967, Managing Director in 1970 and Advisory Director in 1989. He was the Syndicate Manager for many years before becoming a senior banker in Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance. He traveled extensively on behalf of Morgan Stanley, and his clients included the governments of the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand as well as many large corporations. He served as a director of several public companies and financial industry organizations. He was a board member of the Aspen Institute, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Fred dedicated his philanthropic efforts to education, the arts, and environmental stewardship. He played a leadership role on the boards of the Buckley School, the Tuck School of Business, the Whittemore School of Business at the University of New Hampshire, the Eugene O'Neill Theater, the Hood Museum at Dartmouth and the Brick Presbyterian Church, among many others. He was the co-founder of both the Watch Hill Conservancy and the Weekapaug Foundation for Conservation and served as the Moderator of both the Watch Hill and Weekapaug Fire Districts.
Beginning in the late 1960s Marion and Fred spent their summers in Weekapaug and then Watch Hill. While never a natural golfer, he had all the time in the world to pile all five of his grandchildren at once in his golf cart for a ride. He was a founder of the Shelter Harbor Golf Club and a longtime member of the Misquamicut Club, the Weekapaug Golf Club, the Watch Hill Yacht Club and the Union and Brook Clubs in New York.
In his "retirement," which never really occurred, Fred took great pride in his growing family and spent countless hours mentoring others, young and old, who came to seek his advice-whether about finance, schools, career paths or life in general. A quick wit, with an infectious smile, a booming voice and a New Hampshire accent that never quite went away, he delighted in bringing people together to try to solve big problems.
He was the beloved husband for 51 years of Marion Willi Whittemore, who predeceased him in 2016, and the son of the late Laurence F. Whittemore and Evelyn Fulford Whittemore of Pembroke, NH. He was predeceased by his two brothers, Charles F. Whittemore and Bert R. Whittemore, both of Pembroke, NH. His survivors include his son, Laurence F. Whittemore III (Kathleen) of Greenwich, CT and Watch Hill, his son Edward B. Whittemore of West Hartford, CT and Weekapaug, and his five grandchildren, James, Eliza, Paige, Thomas and Robert.
The Whittemore family wishes to thank Narine, Karine, Anahit and Kieza for their extraordinary care of Fred over the last seven years.
Memorial services to celebrate Fred's life will be held in New York City at the Brick Presbyterian Church, Park Avenue at 91st St on Wednesday, June 22nd at 10:30am and at the Watch Hill Chapel on Thursday, July 21st at 10:30am. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Fred's memory may be made to the Watch Hill Conservancy in Watch Hill, RI or the Weekapaug Foundation for Conservation in Weekapaug, RI.