Ailsa Mellon Bruce
Ailsa Mellon Bruce | |
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Avalon Foundation | |
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Children | 1 daughter |
Parent(s) | Andrew W. Mellon Nora McMullen |
Ailsa Mellon Bruce (June 28, 1901 – August 25, 1969)
Early life
Ailsa was born in
Ailsa attended Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut and spent her summers as a teenager in Europe.[1]
Philanthropy and legacy
Bruce established the
In 1957, when
Ailsa Bruce was a silent partner, with Nona McAdoo Park and Sophie Meldrim Shonnard, founding Chez Ninon in 1928, on Madison Avenue.[5][6]
At her death in 1969, Ailsa Bruce bequeathed 153
Personal life
She dated
On May 23, 1926, she married
- Audrey Sheila Bruce (1934–1967), who married Stephen Richard Currier (1930–1967),[16] who went missing during a flight in the Caribbean in January 1967 and were never recovered.[17] They were the founders of the Taconic Foundation, a charitable giving organization, which was instrumental in the formation of the Council for United Civil Rights Leadership.[18]
She obtained a divorce from her husband in
After her divorce, Mrs. Bruce was in a long rumored relationship with
She died on August 25, 1969, at
Descendants
When Audrey and her husband, Stephen Currier, died in a presumed plane crash in 1967, leaving three young children – Andrea Currier,
See also
- Wealthiest Americans (1957)
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Dead;. Called Richest Woman in U. S". The New York Times. 26 August 1969. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Russell, John (3 February 1999). "Paul Mellon, Patrician Champion Of Art and National Gallery, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Brown, Nona B. (19 October 1969). "18th-Century Indulgence Becomes a 20th-Century Showplace". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Robertson, Nan (1 September 1969). "National Gallery Honors a Patron". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Cunningham, Bill (25 June 2016). "Bill Cunningham on Bill Cunningham". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ Osterman, Giovanna (28 January 2020). "The History of Chez Ninon, the New York Couture Copycat". CR Fashion Book. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
- ^ "Founding Benefactors of the National Gallery of Art". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^ "Founders | The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation". mellon.org. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^ "Foundations Join to Become Mellon". The New York Times. 30 June 1969. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "REPORT AILSA MELLON TO WED DAVID BRUCE; Secretary's Daughter Is Said to Be Engaged to Son of Maryland Senator". The New York Times. 3 May 1926. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ a b "PRESIDENT TO ATTEND MELLON BRIDAL TODAY 8,000 Invited to Wedding Reception of Secretary's Daughter and David Bruce". The New York Times. 29 May 1926. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "MISS MELLON TO WED, FATHER ANNOUNCES; Secretary of Treasury's Daughter to Be Bride of D.K.E. Bruce, Senator's Son". The New York Times. 4 May 1926. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "MELLON'S DAUGHTER SAILS AS A BRIDE; The Bruces Depart for Rome, Where He Will Take Up Duties as Vice Consul". The New York Times. 3 June 1926. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "BRUCES ARRIVE IN ENGLAND.; Senator's Son and Bride Leave for Paris on Way to Live in Rome". The New York Times. 11 June 1926. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Cannadine, David. Mellon: An American Life, Vintage Books, 2008.
- ^ "STEPHEN CURRIERS MISSING ON FLIGHT; Caribbean Search Is On for New York Philanthropists Stephen Curriers Missing on a Flight". The New York Times. January 19, 1967. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "800 ATTEND RITES FOR THE CURRIERS; 2 Philanthropists Lost on Flight Eulogized Here". The New York Times. 16 February 1967. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "CURRIER FUND DUE TO PICK NEW HEAD; Taconic Unit Will Carry On With $20-Million Bequest". The New York Times. 26 February 1967. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "AILSA BRUCE GETS DECREE; Daughter of Andrew Mellon Wins a Florida Divorce". The New York Times. 21 April 1945. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Pitz, Marylynne (November 15, 2009). "Ailsa Mellon Bruce's artworks part of Carnegie collection". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
- ^ "Top Ranking Yuletide Party". Palm Beach Post. 30 December 1947. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Converge on Rome". Philadelphia Inquirer. 17 July 1968. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ^ "Info" (PDF). mellon.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
- ^ "Died - BRUCE--Ailsa Mellon". The New York Times. 27 August 1969. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Timeline | Atlantic Beach Historical Society". Atlantic Beach. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ Bruske, Ed (12 January 1981). "The Brad Baker Murder: 'As the World Turns' in Fauquier County". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Grove, Lloyd (July 8, 1998). "Child of Fortune, Take 2". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Pace, Eric (22 September 1998). "Michael Currier, 37, Philanthropic Rancher Who Helped Tibetans". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Left Bulk of Her Estate to Charity". The New York Times. 4 September 1969. Retrieved 16 April 2018.