Honorary degree recipient for 1940, Gertrude Venderbilt Whitney.

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Honorary degree recipient for 1940, Gertrude Venderbilt Whitney.

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Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 1875-1942

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Sculptor, art patron, philanthropist. Founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Whitney was born in 1875 to Cornelius Vanderbilt, II. In 1896, married Harry Payne Whitney, son of William C. Whitney, secretary of the Navy, 1885-1889. She studied sculpture under Henry Anderson, James Fraser and Andrew O'Connor. In 1907, she opened a studio in Greenwich Village's MacDougal Alley. She was active in WW I charities, and sponsored the opening of the American Ambulance Fiel...