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In 1941, Betsey Cushing Roosevelt met John Hay Whitney, whom she married on March 1, 1942. John Hay Whitney joined the Army Air Force and entered active duty three months after their marriage. In an effort to join Mr. Whitney overseas, Mrs. Whitney appealed to her former father-in-law (with whom she maintained a warm relationship and affectionately called “Pa”) for an overseas assignment ...
Betsey Cushing Whitney was a benefactor of hospitals, and in 1983 established the Greentree Foundation to assist community groups. In 1991 Mrs. Whitney made a partial gift of Toulouse-Lautrec's Marcel Lender Dancing the Bolero in 'Chilpéric' to the National Gallery of Art At her death in 1998 she bequeathed an additional seven paintings to the Gallery.
Name variations: Betsey Cushing; Mrs. James Roosevelt; Mrs. John Hay Whitney. Born Betsey Maria Cushing, May 18, 1908; died in Manhasset, New York, Mar 25, 1998; dau. of Henry Cushing (neurosurgeon) and Katherine "Kate" (Crowell) Cushing; sister of Babe Paley (1915–1978) and Minnie Astor Fosburgh (1906–1978); m. Source for information on ...
31. März 1998 · Betsey Maria Cushing, philanthropist: born Baltimore, Maryland 18 May 1908; married 1930 James Roosevelt (two daughters; marriage dissolved 1940), 1942 John Hay Whitney (died 1982); died Manhasset ...
25. März 1998 · Her daughters married into familiar New York society families – Astor, Roosevelt, Whitney, Mortimer and Fosburgh. Miss Cushing married James Roosevelt, the eldest son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt at age 22 on June 5, 1930, two days before James Roosevelt graduated from Harvard. Betsey Cushing Roosevelt was said to be the ...
9. Dez. 2023 · Betsey Maria Cushing Roosevelt Whitney (May 18, 1908 March 25, 1998) was an American philanthropist, a former daughterinlaw of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and later wife of U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, John Hay Whitney.
13. Jan. 1999 · Sotheby's will auction $80 million to $110 million in art and art objects from estate of Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney, late New York socialite and philanthropist who left collection of art by ...
