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[[File:Nancy and Henry Kissinger at home with dog Tyler, cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|Nancy and Henry Kissinger in their New York apartment with their dog Tyler, 1978]] |
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Nancy Maginnes was born in Manhattan and raised in [[White Plains, New York]]. Her parents were Agnes (born McKinley) and [[Al Maginnes|Albert Bristol Maginnes]], a wealthy lawyer and football player.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ewd5AAAAMAAJ&q=Albert+Bristol+Maginnes+mother Kissinger: a biography, Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, 1992]</ref> She received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in history in 1955 from [[Mount Holyoke College]]. |
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Before her marriage, she was a long-time aide to [[New York Governor]] [[Nelson Rockefeller]], recommended to him in 1964 by Kissinger, then a professor at Harvard, where she was a student. Her first job was as Kissinger's researcher on a Rockefeller task force; she continued working for Rockefeller at the [[Rockefeller Brothers Fund]] after the task force finished its work.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Time Magazine]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908532,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222062949/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908532,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 22, 2008 |title=Somebody to Come Home To |date=April 8, 1974}}</ref> She later became director of international studies for Rockefeller's [[Commission on Critical Choices for Americans]].<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Seattle Times]] |title=Nancy Kissinger Hospitalized with Undisclosed Ailment |date= December 18, 1994 |url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19941218&slug=1947804}}</ref> |
Before her marriage, she was a long-time aide to [[New York Governor]] [[Nelson Rockefeller]], recommended to him in 1964 by Kissinger, then a professor at Harvard, where she was a student. Her first job was as Kissinger's researcher on a Rockefeller task force; she continued working for Rockefeller at the [[Rockefeller Brothers Fund]] after the task force finished its work.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Time Magazine]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908532,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222062949/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908532,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 22, 2008 |title=Somebody to Come Home To |date=April 8, 1974}}</ref> She later became director of international studies for Rockefeller's [[Commission on Critical Choices for Americans]].<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Seattle Times]] |title=Nancy Kissinger Hospitalized with Undisclosed Ailment |date= December 18, 1994 |url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19941218&slug=1947804}}</ref> |
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Nancy Kissinger | |
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 Kissinger at the Metropolitan Opera opening in September 2009 | |
| Born | Nancy Sharon Maginnes April 13, 1934 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Mount Holyoke College (B.A., History, 1955) Harvard University |
| Occupation | Philanthropist |
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Nancy Sharon Kissinger (née Maginnes; born April 13, 1934) is an American philanthropist and socialite, and the wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The couple married on March 30, 1974, in Arlington, Virginia.[1]
Life and career
Nancy Maginnes was born in Manhattan and raised in White Plains, New York. Her parents were Agnes (born McKinley) and Albert Bristol Maginnes, a wealthy lawyer and football player.[2] She received a B.A. in history in 1955 from Mount Holyoke College.
Before her marriage, she was a long-time aide to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, recommended to him in 1964 by Kissinger, then a professor at Harvard, where she was a student. Her first job was as Kissinger's researcher on a Rockefeller task force; she continued working for Rockefeller at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund after the task force finished its work.[3] She later became director of international studies for Rockefeller's Commission on Critical Choices for Americans.[4]
References
- ^ "Kissinger and Nancy Maginnes, Rockefeller Aide, Are Wed Near Capital and Fly to Acapulco for Honeymoon". New York Times. March 31, 1974.
- ^ Kissinger: a biography, Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, 1992
- ^ "Somebody to Come Home To". Time Magazine. April 8, 1974. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008.
- ^ "Nancy Kissinger Hospitalized with Undisclosed Ailment". Seattle Times. December 18, 1994.
- "Nancy Maginnes Kissinger." Almanac of Famous People, 9th ed. Thomson Gale, 2007. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC. Document Number: K1601047266. Fee, via Fairfax County Public Library. Accessed 2009-11-17/
External links
- Interview on her visit with Bess W. Truman in 1975, in Independence, Missouri, with her husband (larger photo at the Wayback Machine (archived February 5, 2005))
- Nancy and father Albert Bristol Maginnes
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