Ruth Bains Hartmann ’48

Ruth Bains Hartmann ’48, of New York City; Feb. 12, at 101 years of age. She was recruited by the OSS after graduation and spent the war years in Washington, D.C., as a cryptographer. After the war, she worked in publishing in New York City. She supported her husband’s photography career by freelance writing and collaborating with him on many projects. After his death in 1999, she published Where I Was, a book of his personal photographs. She promoted his photographic legacy through exhibitions of his work worldwide. Survivors include daughter Celia Hartmann ’78; son Nicholas ’73, ’73 AM; granddaughter Emily Hartmann Garfield ’09 and grandson-in-law K. Adam White ’08; niece Susanna Vennerbeck ’99; and nephew Ronald Kaufman ’78.