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Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt (1901 – August 6, 1978) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was one of the first women to compete in the America's Cup , alongside her husband, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt , in 1934 and 1937.
She has been Vanderbilt's Gertrude Conaway Professor of History since 2011. From 2000 to 2002, and again from 2011 to 2012, she served as the director of the University's Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, and as associate dean of the University's College of Arts & Science from 2001 to 2004.
He joined the Sociology Department at Vanderbilt University in 2004, where he is now the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor (endowed chair) of Sociology & Political Economy. [1] He served as the Sociology Department Chair at Vanderbilt from 2015 to 2021.
George Washington Vanderbilt III; Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt; Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney; Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi; Gloria Vanderbilt; Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt;
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The Founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution is a sculpture located beside Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., United States. [1] Dedicated in 1929, during the administration of President General Grace Lincoln Hall Brosseau, the sculpture was created by artist and socialite Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in honor of the four founders of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR ...
As heir to the family fortune, he built a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island, as a summer escape for his wife, Alice Vanderbilt, and their seven children.
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt (1884–1970), American railroad executive, yachtsman, and champion bridge player, a son of William Kissam Vanderbilt; married Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt. Heidi Vanderbilt (1948–2021), American actress, photographer, and writer, daughter of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr.