Alice Palache Jones | |
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 Alice Palache, in a costume for a college play, from a 1925 newspaper | |
| Born | Alice Helen Palache April 12, 1907 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Died | June 12, 1989 Mount Kisco, New York |
| Occupation(s) | Bank executive, birth control advocate |
| Parent | Charles Palache |
| Relatives | Judith Palache Gregory (niece) |
Alice Helen Palache Jones (April 12, 1907 – June 12, 1989)[1] was an American banker.
Background
Alice Helen Palache was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Charles Palache and Helen Harrington Markham Palache. Her father was a Harvard professor and mineralogist; her mother was a teacher.[1]
Palache graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1928,[2] and was close to her classmate, Katharine Hepburn.[3][4] The two women traveled in Europe together as students. At Bryn Mawr, she played tennis, basketball, and field hockey.[5] She was also active in dramatics and glee club,[6] and president of the Undergraduate Association in her senior year.[7]
Career
Palache was executive director of the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control from 1930 to 1933, working with Margaret Sanger.[8][9] In 1933, she began working at the Fiduciary Trust Company of New York as a trainee. She worked at the Fiduciary Trust Company until her retirement in 1974,[10] as senior vice president of the company.[11] During World War II, she was the company's acting chief executive.[12] She was also director of the Dreyfus Third Century Fund.[8]
Later in life, Jones was a trustee of the North Salem Free Library, a member of the board of directors of Bryn Mawr College,[10] and chair of the North Salem Planning Board.[1]
Personal life and death
Palache married advertising executive and cookbook author Russell Kennedy Jones in 1954, as his second wife; they met in 1932.[13] Russell Jones died in 1986.[14]
She died age 82 on June 12, 1989, in Mount Kisco, New York.[8]
Legacy
Some of her papers are in the Palache Family Papers at Harvard's Schlesinger Library.[15] Her niece was editor Judith Palache Gregory.[15]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Alice (Palache) Jones". Cambridge Women's Heritage Project Database, J. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
- ↑ "Student Groups Elect at Bryn Mawr College". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1927-04-24. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-06-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Seltzer, Ruth (1977-11-08). "Ahoy for the Maritime Museum". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 24. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
- ↑ Karbo, Karen (2008-12-12). How to Hepburn: Lessons on Living from Kate the Great. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-59691-980-8.
- ↑ Bryn Mawr College, The Book of 1928 (yearbook, 1928).
- ↑ "Stars of College Play". Daily News. 1925-11-29. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-07-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Cambridge Girl Chosen President of Bryn Mawr Undergraduate Ass'n". The Boston Globe. 1927-04-26. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-06-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 "A. P. Jones, 82, Ex-Banker, Dies". The New York Times. 1989-06-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
- ↑ "National Committee on Federal Legislation on Birth Control". The Margaret Sanger Papers Project. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- 1 2 Jablow, Paul (1974-09-19). "Students to Run Endowment". The Miami Herald. p. 94. Retrieved 2021-06-30 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Gould, Leslie (1952-07-21). "Behind the News". The News Tribune. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-07-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Our History". Fiduciary Trust Company International. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
- ↑ Leaming, Barbara (2004). Katharine Hepburn. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 426–427. ISBN 978-0-87910-293-7.
- ↑ "Obituary for Russell K. Jones (Aged 89)". The Journal News. 1986-10-07. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-07-01 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Jones, Alice (Palache), 1907-1954, n.d. (13 folders); in the Papers of the Palache Family, 1839-2004". Hollis. Retrieved 2021-06-30.