Background
Zimbalist, Mary Louise Curtis was born on August 6, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Cyrus Herman Kotzschmar and Louise (Knapp) Curtis.
Zimbalist, Mary Louise Curtis was born on August 6, 1876 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Cyrus Herman Kotzschmar and Louise (Knapp) Curtis.
Public schools and Ogontz School, Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Pennsylvania. Temple University, Bowdoin College. Museum Doctorate., Williams College.
Doctor of Letters, Colby College.
Senior vice president Curtis Public Company. President Settlement Music School of Philadelphia, 1912-1926. Founded and endowed The Curtis Institute of Music, 1924, president, 1924-1970.
Club: Art Alliance Print (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Brought Burrell Collection of Wagner’s letters from England to the United States, presented to Curtis Institute Music 1944.
Married Edward William Bok, October 22, 1896. Married second, Efrem Zimbalist, July 6, 1943. Children: William Curtis, Cary Williams.