Background
Flora Hewlett was born in 1914 and raised in Berkeley, California, and she summered in the Sierra Nevada.
Flora Hewlett was born in 1914 and raised in Berkeley, California, and she summered in the Sierra Nevada.
She received a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1935.
Philanthropy
She also served on the Executive Committee of the World Affairs Council of Northern California and on the Board of Directors of California Tomorrow, an environmental non-profit organization. The Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, a collection of theological books serving the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, is named in her honor. Its symbol is the blue gentiana, her favorite flower.
Personal life
She died of cancer in 1977.