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Annette de la Renta (born December 24, 1939) is a philanthropist and
socialite married to the fashion designer Oscar de la Renta.
She was named to
the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in
1973
Born Anne France Mannheimer and nicknamed Annette, she is the
only child of German banker Fritz 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 Reiss, was the Brazilian
consul in Shanghai, China.
In 1947, after her mother moved to the United
States and remarried, Annette Mannheimer was adopted by her stepfather, Charles
W. Engelhard, Jr., an industrial magnate, and became Annette
Engelhard.
She married on 12 March 1960,
in Bernardsville, New Jersey, her first husband, private investor Samuel Pryor
Reed (08 November 1934[2] - 2005).
He was a vice president of Engelhard
Industries from 1960 until 1976, the minerals conglomerate, and later owned
American Heritage magazine.
S.P. Reed created divorce accounts for each of
his children of $ 50,000,000 in shares and buildings around the world, as they
were all over 21, so his divorced wife got nothing more than 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.
She
has three children by her first marriage:
Beatrice Anne Reed, who married
(1) Roger Albert Morrison; (2) David Niven, Jr., a son of the actor David Niven;
and (3) David Phelps, a California real estate attorney.
Eliza Reed, who
married Alexander Lytton Bolen.
Charles Reed, who married Natalie
Witogosky.
She also has a stepson, Moises de la Renta, adopted son of her
second husband.
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.
Annette de la Renta serves on the boards of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 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.
References
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b c "Mrs. Reed Weds Oscar de la Renta". The New York Times. 28 December 1989.
Retrieved 24 December 2008.
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NameDe La Renta,
Annette
Alternative names
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Date of birth24 December
1939
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death
Categories:
1939 births
American philanthropists
American people
of German-Jewish descent
Living people
American socialites
Saturday, January 25, 2014
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