RUTH FIELD, BENEFACTOR AND CIVIC LEADER
Chicago Tribune
Jan 27, 1994
Ruth Pruyn Field, 86, the widow of Chicago newspaper publisher and philanthropist Marshall Field III, was active in many civic endeavors, principally the Field Family Foundation, which gave millions of dollars to charities involved in race relations and child welfare.
Mrs. Field, who had homes in Connecticut, Maine and South Carolina, died Tuesday at home in Beaufort, S.C.
Mrs. Field was born in New York City and attended Brearley School. An earlier marriage ended in divorce and in 1936 she married Field, the grandson of the founder of Marshall Field & Co. Her husband founded the Chicago Sun in 1941 and later acquired the Times, creating the Chicago Sun-Times.
In addition to an apartment in Manhattan, she and her husband owned Caumset, a 2,200-acre estate near Huntington, N.Y. which they later donated to New York state; Chelsea, their plantation in Ridgeland, S.C.; and a home in Dark Harbor, Maine.
Her husband, who served as chairman of Field Enterprises Inc., a holding company with large investments in retail stores, publishing concerns and newspapers, died in 1956.
Mrs. Field was chairman of the Citizens Committee for Children of New York City, a director of the Carnegie Hall Corporation and on the board of directors of the United Nations Association U.S.A. She was also an honorary trustee of Sarah Lawrence College.
Survivors include a son, Robert Lansing Phipps; a daughter, Fiona Field Kay; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service for Mrs. Field will be held in Manhattan on Feb. 4.
Contributor: Curious George (51180872)
Chicago Tribune
Jan 27, 1994
Ruth Pruyn Field, 86, the widow of Chicago newspaper publisher and philanthropist Marshall Field III, was active in many civic endeavors, principally the Field Family Foundation, which gave millions of dollars to charities involved in race relations and child welfare.
Mrs. Field, who had homes in Connecticut, Maine and South Carolina, died Tuesday at home in Beaufort, S.C.
Mrs. Field was born in New York City and attended Brearley School. An earlier marriage ended in divorce and in 1936 she married Field, the grandson of the founder of Marshall Field & Co. Her husband founded the Chicago Sun in 1941 and later acquired the Times, creating the Chicago Sun-Times.
In addition to an apartment in Manhattan, she and her husband owned Caumset, a 2,200-acre estate near Huntington, N.Y. which they later donated to New York state; Chelsea, their plantation in Ridgeland, S.C.; and a home in Dark Harbor, Maine.
Her husband, who served as chairman of Field Enterprises Inc., a holding company with large investments in retail stores, publishing concerns and newspapers, died in 1956.
Mrs. Field was chairman of the Citizens Committee for Children of New York City, a director of the Carnegie Hall Corporation and on the board of directors of the United Nations Association U.S.A. She was also an honorary trustee of Sarah Lawrence College.
Survivors include a son, Robert Lansing Phipps; a daughter, Fiona Field Kay; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service for Mrs. Field will be held in Manhattan on Feb. 4.
Contributor: Curious George (51180872)
RUTH FIELD, BENEFACTOR AND CIVIC LEADER
Chicago Tribune
Jan 27, 1994
Ruth Pruyn Field, 86, the widow of Chicago newspaper publisher and philanthropist Marshall Field III, was active in many civic endeavors, principally the Field Family Foundation, which gave millions of dollars to charities involved in race relations and child welfare.
Mrs. Field, who had homes in Connecticut, Maine and South Carolina, died Tuesday at home in Beaufort, S.C.
Mrs. Field was born in New York City and attended Brearley School. An earlier marriage ended in divorce and in 1936 she married Field, the grandson of the founder of Marshall Field & Co. Her husband founded the Chicago Sun in 1941 and later acquired the Times, creating the Chicago Sun-Times.
In addition to an apartment in Manhattan, she and her husband owned Caumset, a 2,200-acre estate near Huntington, N.Y. which they later donated to New York state; Chelsea, their plantation in Ridgeland, S.C.; and a home in Dark Harbor, Maine.
Her husband, who served as chairman of Field Enterprises Inc., a holding company with large investments in retail stores, publishing concerns and newspapers, died in 1956.
Mrs. Field was chairman of the Citizens Committee for Children of New York City, a director of the Carnegie Hall Corporation and on the board of directors of the United Nations Association U.S.A. She was also an honorary trustee of Sarah Lawrence College.
Survivors include a son, Robert Lansing Phipps; a daughter, Fiona Field Kay; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service for Mrs. Field will be held in Manhattan on Feb. 4.
Contributor: Curious George (51180872)
Chicago Tribune
Jan 27, 1994
Ruth Pruyn Field, 86, the widow of Chicago newspaper publisher and philanthropist Marshall Field III, was active in many civic endeavors, principally the Field Family Foundation, which gave millions of dollars to charities involved in race relations and child welfare.
Mrs. Field, who had homes in Connecticut, Maine and South Carolina, died Tuesday at home in Beaufort, S.C.
Mrs. Field was born in New York City and attended Brearley School. An earlier marriage ended in divorce and in 1936 she married Field, the grandson of the founder of Marshall Field & Co. Her husband founded the Chicago Sun in 1941 and later acquired the Times, creating the Chicago Sun-Times.
In addition to an apartment in Manhattan, she and her husband owned Caumset, a 2,200-acre estate near Huntington, N.Y. which they later donated to New York state; Chelsea, their plantation in Ridgeland, S.C.; and a home in Dark Harbor, Maine.
Her husband, who served as chairman of Field Enterprises Inc., a holding company with large investments in retail stores, publishing concerns and newspapers, died in 1956.
Mrs. Field was chairman of the Citizens Committee for Children of New York City, a director of the Carnegie Hall Corporation and on the board of directors of the United Nations Association U.S.A. She was also an honorary trustee of Sarah Lawrence College.
Survivors include a son, Robert Lansing Phipps; a daughter, Fiona Field Kay; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service for Mrs. Field will be held in Manhattan on Feb. 4.
Contributor: Curious George (51180872)
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