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Allbritton</b></font><p><img src="allbritton.jpg" height=237 width=186 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Joe L. Allbritton"><b>Born:</b> <a href="/lists/881/000106563/" class=proflink>29-Dec</a>-<a href="/lists/923/000105608/" class=proflink>1924</a><br><b>Birthplace:</b> <a href="/geo/886/000114544/" class=proflink>D'Lo, MS</a><br><b>Died:</b> <a href="/lists/233/000106912/" class=proflink>12-Dec</a>-<a href="/lists/634/000277800/" class=proflink>2012</a><br><b>Location of death:</b> <a href="/geo/540/000069333/" class=proflink>Houston, TX</a><br><b>Cause of death:</b> Heart Failure<br><p><b>Gender:</b> Male<br><b>Race or Ethnicity:</b> White<br><b>Sexual orientation:</b> Straight<br><b>Occupation:</b> Business<br><b>Party Affiliation:</b> Republican<p><b>Nationality:</b> United States<br><b>Executive summary:</b> Well-connected Washington billionaire<p><b>Military service:</b> US Navy (1943-46)<p>Parlayed real estate investments into ownership of several banks and a chain of funeral homes. In addition to Riggs Bank, Allbritton's company owned nine ABC affiliates; the callsign of Washington, D.C. station WJLA-TV contains his initials. Allbritton Communications used to own <i>The Washington Star</i>, and owned a number of other papers until his death in 2012. Personal friend of the Reagans and Bushes. Owned racehorses. Major player at the Alfalfa Club. <p> Allbritton developed a business relationship with brutal Chilean dictator <a href="/people/393/000022327/">Augusto Pinochet</a> in the mid-1990s, and traveled to Chile on multiple occasions during that time period. Apparently, Riggs Bank opened 8 private accounts for the despot, which held between $4 and $8 million.<p> Allbritton Communications, now helmed by his son Robert Lewis Allbritton, launched the <i>Politico</i> media site in 2007. The elder Allbritton died in 2012.<p><b>Father:</b> Lewis A. Allbritton<br><b>Mother:</b> Ada Carpenter<br><b>Wife:</b> Barbara Jean Balfanz (m. 23-Feb-1967, one son)<br><b>Son:</b> Robert Lewis Allbritton (b. 1969)<br><p> Law School: <a href="/edu/722/000068518/">LLB, Baylor University (1949)</a><br> Administrator: <a href="/edu/722/000068518/">Regent, Baylor University (1997-2012)</a><br><p> <a href="/company/231/000054069/">Allbritton Communications</a> <br> <a href="/company/707/000053548/">Riggs National</a> CEO<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/707/000053548/">Riggs National</a> <br> <a href="/media/782/000048638/">The Washington Star</a> Publisher (1974-78)<br> <a href="/org/008/000055840/">George Bush Presidential Library</a> Trustee<br> <a href="/org/692/000051539/">Alfalfa Club</a> 1977<br> <a href="/org/505/000042379/">Council on Foreign Relations</a> <br> <a href="/org/426/000041303/">Freemasonry</a> <br> <a href="/org/760/000111427/">Kennedy Center</a> Trustee Emeritus<br> <a href="/group/669/000165174/">Wedding: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver (1986)</a> <br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=51624"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=51624">Joe L. 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