Background
She was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Lillian Stokes and her husband, Albert Carlton Bostwick.
She was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Lillian Stokes and her husband, Albert Carlton Bostwick.
A painter and sculptor, Dorothy Bostwick was first married at Christ Church in Gilbertsville, New York on March 7, 1922 to West. T. Sampson Smith. Smith"s grandfather was the late Rear Admiral William T. Sampson She was an aviation buff in particular with the autogyro, a precursor to the modern helicopter. Her second husband (m 1950) Joseph Campbell was vice-president and treasurer of Columbia University.
Dorothy Bostwick wrote and illustrated "Passing Thoughts," a collection of her own poetry and drawings.
