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About Frances Lehman Loeb
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/19/nyregion/frances-loeb-89-lifesave...
Frances L. Loeb, who spent a dozen years as New York City's liaison to its vast corps of foreign diplomats and a lifetime maintaining a family tradition of philanthropy, died on Friday at her home on Park Avenue. Mrs. Loeb, who also had homes in Purchase, N.Y., and Lyford Cay, Nassau, the Bahamas, was 89.
"One thing I had in my mind," Mrs. Loeb said in 1990 when she announced a $7.5 million gift to Vassar College for construction of an art center, "I'm never going to be the richest person in the cemetery."
With her husband, John L. Loeb, an investment banker, and other family members, Mrs. Loeb was a benefactor of Barnard College (where Adele Lehman Hall was named for her mother), of Central Park (the Loeb Boathouse and the Children's Zoo), Lewisohn Stadium (which bore her maternal grandfather's name), the Loeb Student Center at New York University and the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar.
In 1990, the Loebs pledged $70.5 million to finance new faculty positions and scholarships to Harvard College, as well as programs and positions in the schools of design and public health. The gift also benefited the Loeb Drama Center, home to the American Repertory Theater, established in 1957 with help from the Loebs.
Mrs. Loeb was also a trustee of Vassar and Cornell University and an overseer of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.
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Frances Lehman Loeb's Timeline
| 1906 |
September 25, 1906
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New York, New York, United States
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| 1927 |
September 11, 1927
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New York, New York, United States
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| 1930 |
May 2, 1930
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New York, NY, United States
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| 1932 |
September 19, 1932
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New York, New York, United States
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| 1996 |
May 17, 1996
Age 89
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New York, New York, United States
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