2600 Virginia Ave NW

Washington, DC

Alfred S. Bloomingdale (b. April 15, 1916; d. August 23, 1982) was the grandson of Lyman Bloomindale, co-founder of Bloomingdale’s department store. Apart from being the heir to a very successful business, Bloomingdale became well-known for several reasons, both during his life and after his death. He was a Broadway actor, a financier and helped found the Diners Club. He was a close friend of Ronald Reagan and was appointed to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and as a member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. After his death in the early 1980s, his 12-year affair with Vicki Morgan, a young model and madam, was splashed all over the newspapers. Bloomingdale and his wife Betsy had homes on both US coasts, in New York, Los Angeles and at The Watergate Hotel, located at 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, in Washington, DC.