Background
Marneffe, Barbara Rowe de was born on June 2, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of H.S. Payson and Florence Van Arnhem (Cassard) Rowe.
Marneffe, Barbara Rowe de was born on June 2, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of H.S. Payson and Florence Van Arnhem (Cassard) Rowe.
Bachelor, Vassar College, 1952; postgraduate, Boston University, 1959.
Teacher, Chapin School, New York City, 1952-1954; administrative assistant to dean, School of Industrial Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959-1960; assistant public relations director, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1960-1961; public relations director, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1961-1963; public relations consultant, Diabetes Foundation and Joslin Clinic, Boston, 1963-1964; public relations director, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1964-1968; manager public affairs, Cambridge (Massachusetts) Chamber of Commerce, 1975-1978; president, de Marneffe Selections, Cambridge, 1978-1990.
Trustee Archives of America Art of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, since 1983. Committee member Ellis Memorial Settlement House Antiques Show, 1968-1989. Board directors Friends of McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts, 1967-1989.
Officer, board directors Family Counseling Svc. of Cambridge, 1969-1978. Massachusetts Republican State Committeewoman, 1977-1980. Executive secretary Cambridge Republican City Committee,1956-1957.
Public relations director Peabody for Congress Campaign, Newton, Massachusetts, 1968. Board directors National Committee on the Treatment of Intractable Pain, Washington, 1980-1990. Trustee Peterborough Players, N.H., 1983-1989.
Docent North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, 1992-1993. Chair Friends of the Pain Center Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, since 1995. Corporator Brookline (Massachusetts) SavingsBank, since 1995.
Member of advisory county Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine. Vestry Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Dublin, N.H, since 1995. Member Jewelers of America, Inc., Vassar Club (president Boston chapter 1989).
Married James Hopkins, October 9, 1954 (divorced 1969). Married Francis de Marneffe. Stepchildren: Peter, Daphne, Colette.
