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    Ailsa Mellon Bruce (June 28, 1901 – August 25, 1969) was a prominent American socialite and philanthropist who established the Avalon Foundation. Ailsa...
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  • foundations had been set up separately by Ailsa Mellon Bruce and Paul Mellon, the children of Andrew Mellon. The foundation is housed in New York City...
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    Americans, it estimated that Paul Mellon, his sister Ailsa Mellon Bruce, and his cousins Sarah Mellon and Richard King Mellon, were all among the richest eight...
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    from the original congressional action. Andrew Mellon's children, Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce, funded the building. Designed by architect I. M...
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  • people with the name Ailsa include: Ailsa Berk, British actress and choreographer Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901–1969), American socialite Ailsa Carmichael, Lady...
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  • McMullen (1879–1973) Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901–1969) ∞ 1926: (div. 1945) David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898–1977) Audrey Mellon Bruce (1934–1967) ∞ 1955:...
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    Sarah Mellon and her younger brother Richard King Mellon, were heirs to the family fortune alongside their cousins Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon-Bruce. Wikimedia...
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  • Mellon family Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901–1969), daughter of Andrew William Mellon, philanthropist Paul Mellon (1907–1999), son of Andrew William Mellon...
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  • arts. Established in 1949 from an endowed gift from Ailsa Mellon Bruce and her brother, Paul Mellon, the series held its first lecture in 1952. While the...
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    using funds donated by Ailsa Mellon Bruce, the daughter of Andrew W. Mellon, following her father's death. Ailsa Mellon Bruce was a well-known socialite...
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  • Scaife and cousins Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon-Bruce, were heirs to the Mellon fortune, which included major holdings in Mellon Bank, Gulf Oil, and Alcoa...
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  • Ambassador James Cabell Bruce, was previously married to Ailsa Mellon (daughter of the banker and diplomat Andrew W. Mellon) who was considered the wealthiest...
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    Motors executives. $400,000,000 to $700,000,000 Ailsa Mellon Bruce, New York, New York; inherited wealth: Mellon Bank, Gulf Oil Company, Alcoa. Arthur Vining...
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    Magazine and awarded Philanthropist of the year. Ailsa Mellon-Bruce – co-founder of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Alice and Sheryl Cooper – co-founded...
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    conflict to an end. On May 29, 1926, Bruce married Ailsa Mellon, the daughter of the banker and diplomat Andrew W. Mellon. They divorced on April 20, 1945...
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    resumed the surname Mellon, at the request of her son, Paul. In the 1920s, while Mellon served as Secretary of the Treasury, Ailsa was courted by several...
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  • Americans, it estimated that Sarah Mellon, her brother Richard King Mellon, and her cousins Ailsa Mellon-Bruce and Paul Mellon were all amongst the richest...
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    Painting and Sculpture 1860–1920 W. Eugene Smith Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries (1907) – The Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries were originally constructed to display...
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    1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901–1969) of New York. In 1970 it was bequeathed to the National Gallery of Art, part of the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection...
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  • Fellowship (2010-11) Center for the Advanced Study of the Visual Arts, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellowship (2010) Whiting Foundation Fellowship for Outstanding...
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    Monet, Manet and 17 by Renoir. In 1955 they were sold as a lot to Ailsa Mellon Bruce, who in 1969 bequeathed the collection to the National Gallery of...
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    Edward Molyneux in 1952, then acquired by sale on August 15, 1955, by Ailsa Mellon Bruce. It was bequeathed to the National Gallery of Art, in Washington,...
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  • California Avalon Foundation, founded by Ailsa Mellon-Bruce in 1940 and later merged into the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sakura Avalon, the Cardcaptors...
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    custom dress shop. Their names were Nona Parks and Sophie Shonnard. Ailsa Mellon Bruce was the silent partner. Gefter, Philip (March 22, 2010). "Knowing...
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    on laid paper, overall (approximate): 25.2 x 12.9 cm (9 15/16 x 5 1/16 in.), Julius S. Held Collection, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1983.74.20, NGA 62616...
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  • officer with the Office of Naval Intelligence. Long time companion of Ailsa Mellon Bruce Polly Lauder Tunney (1907–2008), Philanthropist, wife of World Heavyweight...
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    etching on laid paper; sheet size: 20.8 x 27.8 cm (8 3/16 x 10 15/16 in.). National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1999.64.1...
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    in the cause and to raise critically needed funds from Paul Mellon and Ailsa Mellon Bruce. By the time he retired as chairman in 1962, the foundations...
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    Murillo, Poussin, Rosa, Gentileschi, Goya, and Bouguereau. In 1970, Ailsa Mellon Bruce donated some 450 European decorative objects, including a group of...
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  • Seddon Bennington Sharif Bey – sculptor, ceramist, educator Ailsa Mellon BruceMellon heir and art patron Norman Daly — visual artist Vanessa German...
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