Helen Carolyn Benjamin

Helen Weil Benjamin, a longtime benefactor of the Mount Sinai Medical Center and the Whitney Museum of American Art, died on Monday at her home in Manhattan. She was 91.

Mrs. Benjamin was a trustee of Mount Sinai Hospital from 1954 to 1979. A volunteer for the Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary Board from 1927 to 1991, she served as president for five of those years and was a founder of the hospital gift shop. She also established the Mrs. Robert M. Benjamin Educational Fund to provide summer fellowships in gerontological social work.

She and her husband, a corporate lawyer, developed an interest in contemporary art that led to her involvement with the Whitney Museum. She served as a member of its Painting and Sculpture Committee from 1978 to 1989.

She was born in Manhattan, and graduated from Vassar College in 1925.

Mrs. Benjamin is survived by a daughter, Mary B. Arnstein of Hamden, Conn.; two sons, Robert M. Jr., of Manhattan and Stephen, of Santa Fe, N.M., seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Record: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10133-171380456/helen-we... Helen Weil in household of Leon Weil Year: 1920; State: New York; County: New York; NARA Publication: T625; Sheet: 2-B; Page: 837; Line: 63

Citation: Helen Weil Birth: Circa 1905 - New York, United States Residence: 1920 - New York, New York, USA Parents: Leon Weil, Elsie Weil Brother: George Weil