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Elliott, Eleanor Thomas was born on April 26, 1926 in New York City. Daughter of James A. and Dorothy Q. (Read) Thomas.
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Elliott, Eleanor Thomas was born on April 26, 1926 in New York City. Daughter of James A. and Dorothy Q. (Read) Thomas.
Bachelor, Barnard College, 1948. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Duke University, 2002.
Associate editor, Vogue magazine, 1948-1952; assistant director research and speech writing division, New York State Republican Committee, 1952; social secretary to, Secretary of State and Mistress John Foster Dulles, 1952-1955; director, James Weldon Johnson Community Centers, New York City, 1955-1960; board directors, Celanese Corporation, 1974-1987; board directors, Cork Institute of Technology Finance Corporation, 1978-1981; board directors, INA Life Insurance Company of New York, since 1983.
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Trustee Barnard College, 1959–2006, chairman board, 1973-1976. Board directors Maternity Center Association, 1960-1970, president, 1965-1969. Board governors New York Hospital, 1972-2006, vice president, 1979–2006.
Board directors Foundation for Child Development, New York City, 1969–2006, chairman, 1972-1979, 1973–2006. Board directors United Way Greater New York, 1977-1986, National Organization of Women Legal Defense and Education Fund, 1983-1990, Catalyst Inc., 1978-1983, American Women's Economic Development Corporation, 1980-1986, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Found, 1983-2006, chairman 1993-1999, co-chair, National Advisory Council, 2000-2006, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, 1984-1993, Council on Women's Studies, Duke University. Overseer Cornell University Medical College, 1995-2006.
Member of Colony Club of New York City.
Married John Elliott, Junior, July 27, 1956 (deceased 2005).