Marvin L. Warner
Warner circa 1981
Born(1919-06-08)June 8, 1919
Birmingham, Alabama
DiedApril 8, 2002(2002-04-08) (aged 82)
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Alma materUniversity of Alabama
OccupationBanker
Criminal charges9 banking violations
Criminal penalty3.5 years in prison, $22 million fine
Spouses
Jane Marie Blach
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(m. 1942; div. 1967)​
    Susan Lee Gherman
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    (m. 1979; div. 1980)​
      Josephine Louise "Jody" Piehowicz
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      (m. 1984, divorced)​
      United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
      In office
      July 11, 1977 – July 10, 1979
      PresidentJimmy Carter
      Preceded byNathaniel Davis
      Succeeded byRichard David Vine

      Marvin Leon Warner (June 8, 1919 in Birmingham, Alabama – April 8, 2002 in Cape Canaveral, Florida) was the United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 1977 until 1979 (some sources say until 1981) and the owner of the Birmingham Stallions.[1] He was the owner of Home State Savings Bank,[2] breeder of thoroughbred horses, part owner of the New York Yankees from 1973 until 1975 as well as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.[3]

      Warner was “sentenced ... to 3 1/2 years in prison and fined $22 million for helping trigger the biggest banking crisis in Ohio history.” Unable to post the $22 million cash bond ordered by the judge, Warner was immediately taken to jail.[4] When he was released from prison, he moved to an Ocala, Florida horse farm to protect himself from creditors.[3] Those were state charges. He was found innocent on an 18 count indictment on federal charges of one count of conspiracy, 15 counts of wire fraud and two counts of interstate movement of fraudulently obtained funds for which the maximum combined penalty was 90 years.[5]

      Biography

      Born and raised in Birmingham, he served in the army in World War Two, leaving with the rank of captain. He earned both an undergraduate degree and law degree from the University of Alabama.[6]

      Warner died of a heart attack while in Cape Canaveral to watch the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis.[3]

      Warner was married three times. All three marriages ended in divorce.

      Warner married Jane Marie Blach (1923–2002) in Memphis, Tennessee, in October 1942. Blach's family owned a department store in Birmingham. Warner and Blach had three children: Marvin Jr., Marlin, and Alyson. They divorced in June 1967. Blach that same year married Dr. Albert Sabin, inventor of the oral polio vaccine.

      Warner on May 27, 1979, married Susan Lee Gherman (born 1947), daughter of Dr. E. Mortimer and Irene Gherman of Newport Beach, California. The wedding came twelve days after her divorce from Congressman Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. They filed for divorce the next year. In 2017, she married Bob Wright, the former head of NBC.

      His third wife was Josephine Louise "Jody" Piehowicz (born 1956). Piehowicz, who grew up in St. Clairsville, Ohio, was an attorney who worked for Vern Riffe, speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives. They married September 2, 1984.

      References

      1. ↑ "Remember the USFL - Birmingham Stallions". Archived from the original on 2005-03-15. Retrieved 2005-04-26.
      2. ↑ Neikirk, Bill (March 24, 1985). "unable to post a $22 million cash bond ordered by the judge". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
      3. 1 2 3 "Marvin Warner, 82, Figure in S.& L. Debacle". The New York Times. April 13, 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
      4. ↑ Van Sant, Rick (March 31, 1987). "MARVIN WARNER GETS 3 1/2-YEAR JAIL SENTENCE". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
      5. ↑ "Warner Innocent on Federal Charges". AP. June 19, 1987. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
      6. ↑ "Marvin Warner, 82; Head of Failed Bank". LA Times. April 13, 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2021.


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