Bobst, Mamdouha As-Sayyid, 1925-2015

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Mamdouha As-Sayyid Bobst (July 8, 1925-September 10, 2015) was a philanthropist and public health advocate. She began her career as part of the Lebanese delegate to the United Nations in the early 1960s and was an advisor for the World Health Organization. She married the pharmaceutical executive Elmer Holmes Bobst in 1961 and together they founded the Bobst Foundation in 1968.
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referencedIn Guide to the Elmer Holmes Bobst Collection, 1862-1978 Fales Library & Special Collections
referencedIn Guide to the Elmer Holmes Bobst Collection, 1862-1978 Fales Library & Special Collections
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referencedIn WHSF: Returned, 3-5 Richard Nixon Library
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Tripoli 77 LY
Manhattan NY US
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Philanthropism
Public health
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Birth 1925-07-08

Death 2015-09-10

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