Newhouse, Caroline H. (1910–2003)

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Newhouse, Caroline H. (1910–2003)

American artist and philanthropist. Born Caroline Herz, Mar 20, 1910, near Koblenz, Germany; died April 26, 2003, in Roxbury, CT; attended Art Students League; m. Theodore Newhouse (co-founder of Newhouse communications co.), 1956 (died 1998).

An artist and sculptor, immigrated to US with her widowed Jewish mother (1934); was active in fund-raising for the arts; helped found and served on the board of Career Transition for Dancers.

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