Marietta Peabody Tree

Background

Tree, Marietta Peabody was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Malcolm Endicott and Mary Elizabeth (Parkman) Peabody.

Education

Student, La Petite Ecole Florentine, Florence, Italy, 1934-1935; student, University Pennsylvania, 1936-1939; Doctor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1964; Doctor of Humane Letters, Russell Sage College, 1962; Doctor of Humane Letters, Bard College, 1964; Doctor of Humane Letters, Hobart and William College, 1967; Doctor of Laws, Drexel Institute Technology, 1965; Doctor of Laws honorary degrees, Franklin Pierce College Doctor of Laws honorary degrees, College New Rochelle Doctor of Laws honorary degrees, Skidmore College.

Career

With hospitality division, Office Coordinator Inter-American Affairs, 1942-1943; researcher, Life magazine, 1943-1945; member, Fair Housing Practices Panel, New York City, 1958; member board commissioner, New York City Commision on Human Rights, 1959-1961; United States representative to, Human Rights communications of United Nations, 1961-1964; member United States delegate, United Nations, 1961; United States representative, Trusteeship Council of United Nations with rank of ambassador, 1964-1965; member of staff, U Thant, United Nations Secretariat, 1966-1967; partner, Llewelyn-Davies Associations (city planners), 1968-1980. Director Llewelyn-Davies, Sahni Inc., Pan American Airways, New York City, Columbia Broadcasting System. Senior consultant Hill & Knowlton, Inc.

Editor-at-large Architectural Digest.

Achievements

• Marietta Peabody Tree has been listed as a noteworthy Urban planner by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Delaware New York State Constitutional Convention, 1967. Member of New York State Democratic Committee, 1954-1960. Member civil rights committee Democratic Advisory Council, 1959-1960.

Founder Syndenham Hospital, New York City, 1943. Past board directors United Nations Association, Citizens Housing and Planning Council, Center International Studies-New York University. Board directors American Council for Ditchley.

Vice chairman Cooper-Hewitt Museum, American Friends of Australia National.Gallery. Chairman Citizens Committee for New York City, Friends of Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania. Board directors Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Foundation, Marconi International Foundation, Council American Ambassadors, Fund for Free Expression.

Member Pilgrim Society (vice chairman), Council Foreign Rels.

Connections

Married Desmond FitzGerald, September 2, 1939. 1 daughter, Frances; married Ronald Tree, July 28, 1947. 1 daughter, Penelope.

Father:

Malcolm Endicott Peabody

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Parkman) Peabody

Spouse:

Ronald Tree

Spouse:

Desmond FitzGerald