Barbara S. Mosbacher ’45

Barbara S. Mosbacher ’45, of New York City; Dec. 15. After graduation she worked briefly for  Harper’s Bazaar and for photographer Richard Avedon. She later was involved with Planned Parenthood of New York, Sheltering Arms Children’s Service, and Irvington House. In addition, she was a member of several boards and committees, including Brown’s Watson Committee (1971-1974), and chairman of the John Hay Library Committee (1978-1981). The John Carter Brown Library has a fellowship in her name. She also served as a director of the Long Island City Savings and Loan. She was a founder of the New York State Republican Party Family committee, now the Republican Pro-Choice Alliance. In 1995 she accepted Mayor Giuliani’s invitation to become a commissioner on the status of women and served as a delegate to the Republican conventions in 1984 and 1988. She was a life master in bridge and a bench in Central Park is engraved in her honor. She is survived by two sons, including Clinton Smullyan Jr. ’72; five grandchildren, including Nicholas Kinsey ’06; and five great-grandchildren.