Book sheds new light on philanthropist Tupancy – The Inquirer and Mirror

Dean Geddes I&M Staff Writer @DGeddesIM

ThursdaySep3,2020at11:35AM

(Sept. 3, 2020)Paul Judy calls Oswald Tupancy one of the islands greatest golfers, foremost philanthropists and a bit of a mystery.

I just thought he had such a fascinating history, and its a story I hope all the citizens from Nantucket who benefit directly and indirectly from his (philanthropy) know, Judy said about the subject of his recent book,The Life and Times of Oswald Anthony Tupancy: Golfer, Investor, Benefactor.

Tupancy grew up in modest circumstancesin Detroit and moved to Nantucket in 1928 at the age of 21.

Over the next 50 years he accumulated enough wealth to donate to the Nantucket Conservation Foundation one of the islands most popular open-space properties, Tupancy Links on Cliff Road, as well as establish the Tupancy-Harris Foundation, which over the years has donated millions of dollars to nonprofits across the island.

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