Randolph Apperson Hearst (December 2, 1915 - December 18, 2000) was the last surviving son of William Randolph Hearst. Jump to: navigation, search December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ... William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate, born in San Francisco, California. ...

After his graduation from Harvard University in 1938, Randolph Hearst joined the family business, the Hearst Corporation. Long active in management of the San Francisco Examiner, he eventually he became chairman of the Hearst board from 1973 to 1996, at which time he retired in favor of his nephew George Randolph Hearst Jr. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Hearst Corporation is a large privately-held media conglomerate based in New York City. ... The San Francisco Examiner is a daily newspaper in San Francisco, California, where it has been published continuously since 1865, beginning with the name The Daily Examiner. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... George Randolph Hearst Jr. ...

He never had the opportunity to become chief executive officer because his father's will established a trust that had five family (initially his sons, then their heirs) and eight non-family trustees, all serving for life and electing their successors maintaining those proportions. The trustees name the corporation's board of directors, and the trust does not dissolve until all grandchildren of William Randolph Hearst alive at his death have died. It was under Randolph Hearst's chairmanship that the chief executive inherited from his father, Richard E. Berlin, finally retired, but the next three presidents were all also non-family trustees.

On his death, Randolph Hearst's seat as a trustee of his father's will went to Virginia Hearst Randt, second-oldest of his five daughters, who also include Patty Hearst. Jump to: navigation, search Patricia Campbell Hearst, better known as Patty Hearst (born February 20, 1954), now known as Patricia Hearst Shaw, is an American newspaper heiress and socialite. ...

Randolph Hearst was married three times, first in 1938 to Catherine Wood Campbell of Atlanta, who was the mother of his five daughters, Catherine, Virginia, Patricia, Anne and Victoria. Catherine Hearst was a staunch Catholic and conservative Regent of the University of California before resigning in 1976. After their divorce, the first Mrs. Hearst moved to Beverly Hills. Randolph Hearst was divorced from his second wife in 1987, and his third wife, Veronica, survived him.