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Mary Benedict Cushing Astor Fosburgh (January 27, 1906 – November 4, 1978) was an American socialite, philanthropist and art collector. Mary Benedict Cushing was the eldest daughter of Harvey Williams Cushing (1869–1939) and his wife Katharine Stone Crowell.
Mary Cushing Fosburgh died on November 4, 1978 at her home in Manhattan after a long illness. Mary Benedict Cushing was the eldest daughter of Harvey Williams Cushing (1869–1939) and his wife, Katharine Stone (Crowell) Cushing.
She was a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the New York City Center, and was on the board of the Yale Art Gallery. She was also a major supporter of the American National Theater and Academy and the Henry Street Settlement. Mary Cushing Fosburgh died on November 4, 1978 at her home in Manhattan after a long illness.
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American socialite and philanthropist. Name variations: Mary Cushing; Minnie Astor. Born Mary Benedict Cushing, Jan 27, 1906; died in New York, NY, Nov 4, 1978; dau. of Henry Cushing (neurosurgeon) and Katherine "Kate" (Crowell) Cushing; sister of Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney (1908–1998) and Babe Paley (1915–1978); m.
Mary Benedict Cushing was the eldest daughter of Harvey Williams Cushing (1869–1939) and Katharine Stone Crowell. Her father, a pioneering neurosurgeon, was the first person to describe Cushing's disease, and who, along with Ernest Sachs, is known as the "father of neurosurgery."
Cushing Sisters. Fosburgh, Minnie Astor (1906–1978). American socialite, philanthropist. Name variations: Mary Cushing; Minnie Astor.
