RUTH BIRKHOFF, 83; A CONSERVATIONIST

From: The Boston Globe | Date: November 11, 2000 | Copyright information

Ruth (Collins) Birkhoff, a former member of the Cambridge Conservation Commission, died Nov. 3 in her home in Water Mill, N.Y. She was 83.

Mrs. Birkhoff was a former resident of Cambridge. She was married to the late Garrett Birkhoff, a Harvard professor.

She was born in Moorestown, N.J. She graduated from ...

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