Mellon, Gwen Grant (1911–2000)
Mellon, Gwen Grant (1911–2000)
American philanthropist. Born Gwen Grant, July 22, 1911, in Englewood, NJ; died Nov 29, 2000, in Miami, FL; graduate of the Shipley School and Smith College; studied topical medicine and hospital administration at Tulane University; m. John de Groot Rawson (div. 1942); m. Dr. William Larimer Mellon Jr., 1946 (died 1989); children: (1st m.) Michael and Ian Rawson and Jenifer Rawson Grant.
With husband, founded and built a modern hospital that served an area with few medical facilities (1955), in Deschapelles, Haiti; learned Haitian Creole and ran the hospital until she died.
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