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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.
In 1903 Alice Vanderbilt, a Newport summer resident, donated a facility to the hospital in honor of her husband Cornelius Vanderbilt II, which is currently called the Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center. [2] Upon her death in 1978, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt's widow, bequeathed $1 million to the hospital. [3]
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.
Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt (1901–1978), née Conaway, American socialite and philanthropist; Herb Conaway (born 1963), American politician; Jeff Conaway (1950–2011), American actor; Joan W. Conaway, American biochemist; John B. Conaway (born 1934), retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and Chief of the National Guard Bureau
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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.
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.
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