Miles Prentice
{{Short description|American businessman and civic leader (born 1942)}}
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E. Miles Prentice III (born 1942) is an American businessman and civic leader based in New York City. An attorney, he owns several minor league baseball teams and is the chairman of the Center for Security Policy.
Early life and education
Prentice was born in New Jersey and received an AB from Washington & Jefferson College in 1964 and his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1967 and was admitted to the bar in New York in 1973.
In 1999, he was inducted into the Washington & Jefferson Presidents hall of fame as a second baseman for the baseball team in 1961 and 1962. He also played football for four years.{{Cite web |title=E. Miles Prentice III (1999) - Hall of Fame |url=https://gopresidents.com/honors/hall-of-fame/e-miles-prentice-iii/10 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Washington & Jefferson College Athletics |language=en}}
Career
He is a partner at the law firm Eaton & Van Winkle LLP where his specialty is international and domestic commercial and financial law. His Eaton profile says he has extensive experience in the "acquisition of companies, formation of joint enterprises, transfers of technology, financings (through the public markets and privately, including asset and project-based financings) and general operations."{{Cite news|url=http://www.evw.com/attorney/e-miles-prentice/|title=E. Miles Prentice, III {{!}} Eaton & Van Winkle|newspaper=Eaton & Van Winkle LLP|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-26}}
Prentice purchased the Midland Angels after the 1989 season. The 1990 Angels program states that he served in the U.S. Army from 1968 through 1970 and that he was raised in Montpelier, Vermont.
Since the 1990s Prentice has made overtures to buy Major League Baseball teams including the Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/sale-of-red-sox-approved-1.335042 | work=CBC News | title=Sale of Red Sox approved | date=2002-01-16}} and Houston Astros.{{cite news|url=http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111122&content_id=26027000&vkey=news_hou&c_id=hou|title=Crane group officially takes control of Astros: Ownership transfer from McLane completed on Tuesday|first=Brian|last=McTaggart|work=MLB.com|publisher=Major League Baseball Advanced Media|date=November 22, 2011|access-date=November 22, 2011|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195417/http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111122&content_id=26027000&vkey=news_hou&c_id=hou|url-status=dead}} At least one of his bids foundered due to concerns that he was underfinanced. When he bid for the Royals in 2000, he lost to David Glass even though his offer of $120 million was actually larger than Glass' bid. However, MLB rejected Prentice's bid because he did not have enough net worth to withstand substantial losses.{{cite web |url=http://d2moo.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/18516000/21976091 |title=Why David Glass Can't Sell The Royals|publisher=CBS Sports |accessdate=2011-07-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708124823/http://d2moo.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/18516000/21976091 |archivedate=2011-07-08 }}
Philanthropy and advocacy
Prentice is the chairman of the Center for Security Policy, a think tank.{{cite web
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The organization has been called "neo-conservative" by the Anti-Defamation League and a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center for alleged anti-Muslim views.{{cite web| url=https://patch.com/connecticut/norwich/sit-down-requested-tigers-owner-over-anti-muslim-ties| title=Tigers Owner Under Fire For Ties To Accused Hate Group| author=Ellyn Santiago| date=August 15, 2019| website=Patch| access-date=September 2, 2024| archive-date=August 8, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808202340/https://patch.com/connecticut/norwich/sit-down-requested-tigers-owner-over-anti-muslim-ties| url-status=live}}{{cite news| url=https://www.norwichbulletin.com/story/news/local/2019/08/01/connecticut-tigers-owner-linked-to/4558408007/| title=Connecticut Tigers owner linked to organization branded an anti-Muslim hate group| author=John Barry| date=August 1, 2019| work=Norwich Bulletin| access-date=September 2, 2024| archive-date=September 2, 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902155616/https://www.norwichbulletin.com/story/news/local/2019/08/01/connecticut-tigers-owner-linked-to/4558408007/| url-status=live}} He is a member of the Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC).{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Members |url=https://presentdangerchina.org/members/ |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=Committee on the Present Danger: China |language=en-US |archive-date=2020-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424195310/https://presentdangerchina.org/members/ |url-status=live }}
He funds the Miles and Katharine Culbertson Prentice Distinguished Lecture at Colby College. He is on the board of trustees of Washington & Jefferson College.
Sports franchises
- Norwich Sea Unicorns
- Midland RockHounds (co-owner)
References
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Category:Washington & Jefferson College alumni
Category:University of Michigan Law School alumni
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