Walter Channing Jr.

In a 1994 interview with The Paris Review, Channing explained his fascination with the medium:

Channing was married to Molly Seagrave Channing from 1990 until his death in 2015. The couple raised four daughters: Francesca Channing-Secco, Isabella Channing-Secco, Sylvia Channing, and Cornelia "Nina" Channing.

In a 1983 profile in New York Magazine, Channing said: "At times, I like making money, I like medicine, I like being successful. But the only thing I really think is important is art. It's not even a close call. I thirst for the challenge of becoming an important sculptor. There's no chance for immortality as a businessman."

In 1983, Channing and Weinberg formed a separate venture-capital partnership, C.W. Group, that specialized in new medical technology. At the time it was the largest venture-capital fund devoted exclusively to investments in health-care companies.

In 1977, Channing bought a potato farm in Bridgehampton, off Scuttlehole Road. While clearing the property, he saved a number of uprooted trees – mostly oak – and decided to plant them back into the earth upside-down. "I don't look at a tree as an object that necessarily has to be rightside up," he said.

In 1968, with a partner, Barry Weinberg, Channing founded Channing, Weinberg & Co., Inc., a management consulting firm for pharmaceutical, diagnostic, medical device and biotechnology companies. The company was the leading strategy consultant to the health-equipment industry. It also sponsored In Vivo, a bi-monthly publication on business and medicine.

In 1963, while an undergraduate at Harvard, Channing married a young aspiring actress named Susan Stockard, then a student at Radcliffe College. The two divorced in 1967, but Stockard kept the surname, eventually dropping her first name and going simply by Stockard Channing. His second wife, Rosina Secco, was a Uruguayan graphic designer. The couple had two daughters, Francesca and Isabella, before Secco died in 1987 from complications of cancer.

Walter Channing Jr. (September 23, 1940 – March 12, 2015) was a wood sculptor, winemaker, and venture capitalist. He owned the Channing Daughters Winery in Bridgehampton, New York, where he planted his first Chardonnay vines in 1982.