Lloyd Bruce Wescott was an agriculturalist, civil servant, and philanthropist in New Jersey.
21 Facts About Lloyd Wescott
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Lloyd Wescott was a major fundraiser and donor of land that became Wescott Preserve in Hunterdon County.
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Lloyd Wescott's elder brother Glenway was born in Wisconsin in 1901.
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Lloyd Wescott graduated from high school in Ripon, Wisconsin and attended Ripon College.
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Lloyd Wescott then lived for several years in New York City.
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In March 1935, Lloyd Wescott married Barbara Harrison, the daughter of Francis Burton Harrison, Governor-General of the Philippines under Woodrow Wilson.
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Lloyd Wescott was a member of the State Board of Agriculture from 1952 to 1956.
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Lloyd Wescott was appointed as chairman of the State Board of Control of Institutions and Agencies in 1956.
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Lloyd Wescott served as Chairman of the National Agricultural Stabilization Committee for Dairy Products in 1961.
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Lloyd Wescott was one of the founders of the Hunterdon Medical Center in Raritan Township near Flemington, New Jersey.
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Lloyd Wescott was chairman of the Medical Center's first study group set up in 1946.
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In 1949 Lloyd Wescott chaired the fundraising drive to raise $1.2 million for the construction of the hospital.
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Lloyd Wescott subsequently served as President of the Board from 1950 onwards, and was instrumental in establishing a progressive approach to rural medical care.
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The street leading to the Hunterdon Medical Center is named Lloyd Wescott Drive in his honor.
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Lloyd Wescott received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Lafayette College in 1955.
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Lloyd Wescott was awarded a similar degree by Rutgers University in 1960.
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Lloyd Wescott remained active in farmland preservation, helping to dedicate the New Jersey Museum of Agriculture on the Cook College campus of Rutgers University in 1989.
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Lloyd Wescott and Monroe Wheeler established Harrison of Paris, a press publishing limited-edition literary paperbacks.
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Barbara Lloyd Wescott continued her patronage of the arts throughout her life.
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Lloyd Wescott was a noted collector of artwork, and she played a critical role in the development of the New Jersey State Museum, serving on the museum's Advisory Council.
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Lloyd Wescott died in 1990 at his Rosemont home at the age of 83.