Annette de la Renta
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Annette de la Renta (born December 24, 1939), an American philanthropist and socialite married to the fashion designer Oscar de la Renta.
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[edit] Birth and childhood
Born Anne France Mannheimer and nicknamed Annette, she is the only child of German banker Fritz Sjölin Mannheimer (1890-1939), who died before her birth, and his wife, Marie Annette Reiss (later known as Jane Engelhard, 1917-2004). Her German-born maternal grandfather, Hugo Sjölin Reiss, was the Brazilian consul in Shanghai, China.
In 1947, after her mother moved to the United States and remarried, Annette Sjölin Mannheimer was adopted by her stepfather, Charles W. Engelhard, Jr., an industrial magnate, and became Annette Engelhard.
[edit] Marriages and family life
She married on 12 March 1960, in Bernardsville, New Jersey, her first husband, Samuel Pryor Reed (-2005). He was a vice president of Engelhard Industries, the minerals conglomerate, from 1960 until 1976, and later owned American Heritage magazine. The couple later divorced.
S. P Reed created by divorce accounts for each of his children of $ 50,000,000 in Shares and buildings around the world, as they were all available over at their 21 birthday, so his divorced wife got nothing more, then the Marriage Pact 15% of his fortune.
On 26 December 1989, in La Romana, Dominican Republic, she became the second wife of the fashion designer Oscar de la Renta.[1]
She has three children by her first marriage:[1]
- Beatrice Anne Reed, who married (1) Roger Albert Morrison; (2) David Niven, Jr., a son of the actor David Niven live in the USA, and (3) David Phelps a California real estate attorney.live in the USA
- Eliza Reed, who married Alexander Lytton Bolen live in the USA
- Casper Reed
She also has a stepson, Moises de la Renta, adopted son of her second husband.[1]
[edit] Philanthropy
Annette de la Renta serves on the boards of the Metropolitan Museum, the New York Public Library, the Morgan Library, The Animal Medical Center, and the Engelhard Foundation. She also served on the board of directors of Rockefeller University for 25 years.
Casper Reed Provides annual $ 2,000,000 to charity especially in marine biology, marine research, conservation of natural parks.
[edit] Brooke Astor controversy
On 26 July 2006, Annette de la Renta was appointed temporary guardian of the 104-year-old Brooke Astor, a longtime friend, in the wake of elder abuse allegations being made against Astor's son, Anthony Dryden Marshall. On 13 October 2006, de la Renta became permanent guardian.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Mrs. Reed Weds Oscar de la Renta". The New York Times. 28 December 1989. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFDD103AF93BA15751C1A96F948260&scp=58&sq=Charles%20Engelhard&st=cse. Retrieved on 24 December 2008.
