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From: Lorne & Joan Reznowski <>
Subject: Whitneys(no subject)
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 23:22:53 -0500

HereHere are 2 Here are 2 books that Whitneys might enjoy. One is
"Whitney Father, Whitney Whitney Heiress" by W. A. Swanberg which is
about Dorothy Whitney. I came across the book in "Bookman's"
second-hand book store in Tucson, Arizona. In my local library I came
across "The Whitneys" from Elinor and John, l635 to l975 and it was
written by Edwin P. Hoyt. Thought some of clan might enjoy these. I
grew up in the Ithaca, New York area and enjoyed many hours at the
Cornell student union building named after Willard Straight, Dorothy
Whitney's first husband. Dorothy donated this building in his honor.
Cornell also had the school of Nutrition building named after Howard
Edward Babcock who is a ggg grandson of Fanny Whitney Babcock. Tanny's
ggggg Grand-daughter, Mary Hershfeld, is Curator of the Cornell gardens.
Her brother, Edward Hershfeld died last month in Chicago at the age of
48. He was a lawyer for the AMA.

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