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Betsey Maria Whitney (née Cushing, formerly Roosevelt; May 18, 1908 – March 25, 1998) was an American philanthropist, a former daughter-in-law of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and later wife of U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St James's, John Hay Whitney.
Mar 25, 1998 · Betsey Maria Cushing was born in Baltimore, one of a trio of what were known as the beautiful Cushing sisters. Her father was a Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins, Harvard and Yale Universities. Her mother, Katherine Crowell, was from a socially prominent family in Cleveland.
Jan 3, 1999 · But the middle and last surviving sister, Betsey Cushing Whitney, who died in March, acquired the best -- the best husbands, the best houses, the happiest family life.
Betsey Maria Cushing Whitney (May 18, 1909 – March 25, 1998) was an American philanthropist, a former daughter-in-law of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and later wife of U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, John Hay Whitney. She was the middle daughter of prominent neurosurgeon Dr. Harvey Williams Cushing and Katharine Stone Crowell ...
Harvey Cushing (1869-1939), Betsey Cushing Whitney’s father, was a pioneer surgeon, physician and professor at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and Yale universities. Dr. Cushing is credited with inventing neurosurgical techniques and discovering Cushing’s disease.
Oct 7, 2023 · Betsey Maria Cushing (1908–1998), the middle daughter of surgeon Harvey Williams Cushing and Katharine Stone Crowell was the first wife of James Roosevelt. [1] [2] Also married John Hay (Jock) (Hon. Ambassador, Colonel) Whitney on 1 March 1942.
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Mar 26, 1998 · Philanthropist Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney, the widow of John Hay “Jock” Whitney and the first wife of James Roosevelt, has died. She was 89. Mrs. Whitney, who died Wednesday, spent...
