Background
Russell, Mary Wendell Vander Poel was born on February 6, 1919 in New York City. Daughter of William Halsted and Blanche Pauline (Billings) Vander Poel.
interior Non-profit organization executive
Russell, Mary Wendell Vander Poel was born on February 6, 1919 in New York City. Daughter of William Halsted and Blanche Pauline (Billings) Vander Poel.
President, Miller Richard, Inc., Interior Decorators, Oyster Bay, New York, since 1972; board directors, Eye Bank Sight Restoration, New York City president, Eye Bank Sight Restoration, New York City, 1980-1988; honorary chair, Eye Bank Sight Restoration, New York City, since 1988; vice president, Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital, New York City, 1978-1990; secretary, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, 1985-1989, 92-97; chair, DNA Learning Center, 1991-1997; secretary, Cold Spring Harbor Lab, 1992-1997; honorary trustee, Cold Spring Harbor Lab, since 1998.
Vice president North Country Garden Club, Nassau County, New York, 1979-1981, 1983-1985. Director Planned Parenthood Nassau County, Mineola, New York, 1982-1984, Hutton House Commonwealth Post College, Greenvale, New York, 1982-2005. Chair Hutton House, 1992-1994.
Board directors Eye BAnk for Sight Restoration, New York City. Member Colony Club (New York City), Church Club (New York City), Piping Rock Club (Long Island), Order St. John Jerusalem (New York City).
Married George Montagu Miller, April 5, 1940 (divorced 1974). Children: Wendell Miller Steavenson, Gretchen Miller Elkus. Married Sinclair Hatch, May 14, 1977 (deceased July 1989).
Married William F. Russell, June 24, 1995 (deceased April 1996).