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Barbara Cushing and Betsey Cushing Roosevelt, bonded in spirit and style. The Cushing sisters in 1937, from left: Babe, Betsey, and Minnie. From debutante days they were known for their beauty and charm, and later renowned for marrying into some of the country’s most prominent families. John and Betsey Whitney Posing Together
27 de abr. de 2022 · Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney, the widow of John Hay (Jock) Whitney, the first wife of James Roosevelt and the last of the three glamorous Cushing sisters of Boston, died Wednesday, March 25, at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. She was 89. In recent years, in failing health, Mrs. Whitney, a prominent philanthropist in medicine ...
In 1941, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt met John Hay Whitney, whom she married on March 1, 1942. John Hay Whitney joined the Army Air Force and entered active duty three months after their marriage. In an effort to join Mr. Whitney overseas, Mrs. Whitney appealed to her former father-in-law ...
Betsey Cushing Whitney was a benefactor of hospitals, and in 1983 established the Greentree Foundation to assist community groups. In 1991 Mrs. Whitney made a partial gift of Toulouse-Lautrec's Marcel Lender Dancing the Bolero in 'Chilpéric' to the National Gallery of Art At her death in 1998 she bequeathed an additional seven paintings to the Gallery.
3 de nov. de 2016 · On December 8 th, Sotheby's will sell 64 pieces of jewelry that belonged to Betsey Cushing Whitney and her family as part of the auction house's Magnificent Jewels sale in New York City. The ...
Betsey Maria Cushing Whitney (May 18, 1909 – March 25, 1998) was an American philanthropist, a former daughter-in-law of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and later wife of U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, John Hay Whitney. She was the middle daughter of prominent neurosurgeon Dr. Harvey Williams Cushing and Katharine Stone Crowell ...
Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary of Defense, (left) visits with Mrs. Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney (center), and Mrs. Mary Todhunter Rockefeller (right). Harry S. Truman Library & Museum. 500 W US Hwy 24 Independence, MO 64050 816-268-8200 | 800-833-1225 Fax: 816-268-8295.
