Gwen Grant Mellon American Philanthropist
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| Birthday |
22nd July, 1911
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| Birthplace |
Englewood, New Jersey, US
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| Died |
29th November, 2000
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| Place of Death |
Miami, Florida
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Medical administrator
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| Occupation |
Philanthropist
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| Year(s) Active |
1956–2000
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Gwen Grant Mellon (July 22, 1911 – November 29, 2000) was an American medical missionary and the founder and administrator of Hôpital Albert Schweitzer Haiti in Deschapelles, Haiti. As a single mother she worked as a riding instructor on a dude ranch in Arizona, where she met neighboring rancher William Larimer Mellon Jr., heir to the Mellon fortune. Shortly after their marriage in 1946, the couple decided to emulate the work of Dr. Albert Schweitzer in an underdeveloped country and enrolled at Tulane University, he to receive his medical degree and she to study tropical medicine. She planned the building of the 75-bed hospital in Haiti, paid for from the couple's personal fortune, and worked there from its opening in 1956 until her death. She was honored with the first Elizabeth Blackwell Award in 1958 and the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism in 2000.
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