Mrs. McCready was married to Edward W. McCready, owner of the McCready Cork Company in Chicago. Mr. McCready and their daughter Suzanne were killed in an auto accident in Maryland in 1919. Mrs. McCready donated $200,000 to establish the Edward W. McCready Memorial Hospital in her husband's native Crisfield, Maryland. In 1942, Mrs. McCready donated to Beloit College a large collection of Asian art objects in memory of her father, Edward Pitkin, a long-time College trustee. She never remarried.
Mrs. McCready was married to Edward W. McCready, owner of the McCready Cork Company in Chicago. Mr. McCready and their daughter Suzanne were killed in an auto accident in Maryland in 1919. Mrs. McCready donated $200,000 to establish the Edward W. McCready Memorial Hospital in her husband's native Crisfield, Maryland. In 1942, Mrs. McCready donated to Beloit College a large collection of Asian art objects in memory of her father, Edward Pitkin, a long-time College trustee. She never remarried.
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