Background
Lasker, Mary was born in Watertown, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Frank Elwin and Sara (Johnson) Woodard.
Lasker, Mary was born in Watertown, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Frank Elwin and Sara (Johnson) Woodard.
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Radcliffe College Doctor of Laws, University Wisconsin postgraduate, University of Oxford Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Southern California Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University of California, Berkeley Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bard College Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Woman's Medical College Pennsylvania Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New York University Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New York Medical College Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia Doctor of Laws, Columbia University Doctor of Laws (honorary), Harvard University, 1987.
Art dealer; connected with, Reinhardt Galleries, New York City arranging benefit loan exhibitions outstanding old and modern French masters and selling pictures to collectors and museums, Reinhardt Galleries. President Albert and Mary Lasker Medical Research Foundation.
Trustee Research to Prevent Blindness, Cancer Research Institute, Leeds Castle Foundation, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Honorary Chairman, Board Of Directors American Cancer Society. Vice Chairman of the Board United Cerebral Palsy Research and Ednl.
Foundation; board directors Norton Simon Museum.
Married Paul Reinhardt (divorced). Married Albert D. Lasker.