Jane Engelhard, born Mary Jane Reiss, was an American philanthropist, best known for her marriage to billionaire industrialist Charles W Engelhard Jr.
10 Facts About Jane Engelhard
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Jane Engelhard was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1972.
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Jane Engelhard Mannheimer moved first to London, then to Buenos Aires, then to New York City after her first husband's death.
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Charles Jane Engelhard adopted his wife's daughter from her first marriage.
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Jane Engelhard was a patron of numerous causes and institutions, including the New Jersey Symphony.
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Jane Engelhard served on the Boards the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Morgan Library for many years.
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Jane Engelhard was a member of the Fine Arts Committee of the White House, organized during the Kennedy administration; the decoration of the Small State Dining Room is among her reported contributions to the restoration of the White House.
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In 1977, Jane Engelhard was the first woman appointed as a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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Jane Engelhard was a member of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board and a recipient of the Legion d'honneur.
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Jane Engelhard died of pneumonia on February 29,2004, at her home in Nantucket, Massachusetts.