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Astor, Brooke was born on March 30, 1902 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of John Henry and Mabel (Howard) Russell.
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Astor, Brooke was born on March 30, 1902 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of John Henry and Mabel (Howard) Russell.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia University, 1971. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brown University, 1980. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Fordham University, 1980.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New York University, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy in biomedical Science (honoris causa), Rockefeller University, 1986.
President, trustee Astor Home for Children. Trustee History Hudson Valley, Marconi International Fellowship. Trustee and honorary chairman, member development committee, member executive committee New York Public Library., New York City.
Life trustee, member conservation committee New York Zoological Society. Trustee emeritus, member council of fellows Pierpont Morgan Library. Trustee emeritus, chairman visiting committee department Asian art, member acquisitions committee, executive committee ex officio Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City.
Life trustee Rockefeller University.
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Member New York State Park Commission, 1967-1969. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Municipal Art Society New York, Pilgrims United States, Venerable Order St. John of Jerusalem (dame), The Century Association, Colony Club, Knickerbocker Club, New York Yacht Club, Sleepy Hollow Country Club.
Married J. Dryden Kuser 1916, divorced 1930. Married Charles Marshall 1932 (died 1952). Married Vincent Astor 1953 (died 1959).
S. Anthony Dryden Marshall.