Soldier, Lawyer, Businessman
Major General, Commander of the 42d Infantry (Rainbow) Division, New York Army National Guard from 1957 to 1964. An attorney in civilian life, he was a partner in the New York firm of DeWitt, Nast, Diskin and Martini, and served as General Counsel of Condé Nast Publications until his retirement in 1980. He attended private elementary and secondary schools, received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College, and earned his law degree from Columbia University. After graduating from law school in 1927, he enlisted in the New York National Guard and rose through the ranks to captain. Entering active duty in October 1940, he became a staff officer of the 27th Infantry Division, served in the Pacific during World War II, and was promoted to colonel in 1945. In 1947 he joined the Rainbow Division as judge advocate, becoming assistant division commander three years later. He was named a brigadier general in 1952, and in 1959 was promoted to the rank of major general by then-New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. General Nast was born in New York, the son of publisher Condé Nast and his first wife, Jeanne Clarisse Coudert. His December 1927 marriage to Manhattan socialite Charlotte Babcock Brown ended in divorce in 1933. He lived in Manhattan for most of his years, and died there at Mount Sinai Hospital.
(Sources: US Federal Censuses, 1910-1930; Time Magazine, "Milestones," Dec. 17, 1928 and Dec. 18, 1933; Civil Service Leader, New York, New York, Feb 2, 1960; New York Times obituary, January 11, 1981)
Major General, Commander of the 42d Infantry (Rainbow) Division, New York Army National Guard from 1957 to 1964. An attorney in civilian life, he was a partner in the New York firm of DeWitt, Nast, Diskin and Martini, and served as General Counsel of Condé Nast Publications until his retirement in 1980. He attended private elementary and secondary schools, received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College, and earned his law degree from Columbia University. After graduating from law school in 1927, he enlisted in the New York National Guard and rose through the ranks to captain. Entering active duty in October 1940, he became a staff officer of the 27th Infantry Division, served in the Pacific during World War II, and was promoted to colonel in 1945. In 1947 he joined the Rainbow Division as judge advocate, becoming assistant division commander three years later. He was named a brigadier general in 1952, and in 1959 was promoted to the rank of major general by then-New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. General Nast was born in New York, the son of publisher Condé Nast and his first wife, Jeanne Clarisse Coudert. His December 1927 marriage to Manhattan socialite Charlotte Babcock Brown ended in divorce in 1933. He lived in Manhattan for most of his years, and died there at Mount Sinai Hospital.
(Sources: US Federal Censuses, 1910-1930; Time Magazine, "Milestones," Dec. 17, 1928 and Dec. 18, 1933; Civil Service Leader, New York, New York, Feb 2, 1960; New York Times obituary, January 11, 1981)
Soldier, Lawyer, Businessman
Major General, Commander of the 42d Infantry (Rainbow) Division, New York Army National Guard from 1957 to 1964. An attorney in civilian life, he was a partner in the New York firm of DeWitt, Nast, Diskin and Martini, and served as General Counsel of Condé Nast Publications until his retirement in 1980. He attended private elementary and secondary schools, received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College, and earned his law degree from Columbia University. After graduating from law school in 1927, he enlisted in the New York National Guard and rose through the ranks to captain. Entering active duty in October 1940, he became a staff officer of the 27th Infantry Division, served in the Pacific during World War II, and was promoted to colonel in 1945. In 1947 he joined the Rainbow Division as judge advocate, becoming assistant division commander three years later. He was named a brigadier general in 1952, and in 1959 was promoted to the rank of major general by then-New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. General Nast was born in New York, the son of publisher Condé Nast and his first wife, Jeanne Clarisse Coudert. His December 1927 marriage to Manhattan socialite Charlotte Babcock Brown ended in divorce in 1933. He lived in Manhattan for most of his years, and died there at Mount Sinai Hospital.
(Sources: US Federal Censuses, 1910-1930; Time Magazine, "Milestones," Dec. 17, 1928 and Dec. 18, 1933; Civil Service Leader, New York, New York, Feb 2, 1960; New York Times obituary, January 11, 1981)
Major General, Commander of the 42d Infantry (Rainbow) Division, New York Army National Guard from 1957 to 1964. An attorney in civilian life, he was a partner in the New York firm of DeWitt, Nast, Diskin and Martini, and served as General Counsel of Condé Nast Publications until his retirement in 1980. He attended private elementary and secondary schools, received his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College, and earned his law degree from Columbia University. After graduating from law school in 1927, he enlisted in the New York National Guard and rose through the ranks to captain. Entering active duty in October 1940, he became a staff officer of the 27th Infantry Division, served in the Pacific during World War II, and was promoted to colonel in 1945. In 1947 he joined the Rainbow Division as judge advocate, becoming assistant division commander three years later. He was named a brigadier general in 1952, and in 1959 was promoted to the rank of major general by then-New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. General Nast was born in New York, the son of publisher Condé Nast and his first wife, Jeanne Clarisse Coudert. His December 1927 marriage to Manhattan socialite Charlotte Babcock Brown ended in divorce in 1933. He lived in Manhattan for most of his years, and died there at Mount Sinai Hospital.
(Sources: US Federal Censuses, 1910-1930; Time Magazine, "Milestones," Dec. 17, 1928 and Dec. 18, 1933; Civil Service Leader, New York, New York, Feb 2, 1960; New York Times obituary, January 11, 1981)
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