Henry Clay Van Noy (April 20, 1881 – November 28, 1938) was a prominent

Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by List of cities in Missouri, population and area. The city lies within Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson, Clay County, Missouri, Clay, and Pl ...

, businessman and was the last surviving member of the legendary Van Noy Brothers of Kansas City - brothers who founded the company which a century later has evolved into

HMSHost HMSHost is an American highway and airport food-service company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Switzerland, Swiss company Dufry. , Steve Johnson is the CEO of HMSHost. History The company's origins are in the Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Co ...

company. Born to Dr. Henry Clay Van Noy and Catherine S. Raber, he is also the great-grandson of Barbourville, Kentucky, pioneer William Van Noy. In 1897, the Van Noy Brothers - who included Ira Clinton, Charles S., and Horace Greeley, founded what was to become the

Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company The Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company, known today as HMSHost, was a business founded by the Van Noy Brothers of Kansas City, Missouri, which developed at the beginning of the twentieth century to provide services to travelers aboard passenger ...

. With humble beginnings, in time the Van Noy Brothers built the company, later known as the Van Noy Interstate Co., into one of the country's larger restaurant, hotel, and railroad service chains. Today, the Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company is known as

- owned by Autogrill S.p.A.

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1881 births 1938 deaths Businesspeople from Kansas City, Missouri 20th-century American businesspeople {{US-business-bio-1880s-stub