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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
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| name = Mollie Wilmot
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| birth_name = Mollie Netcher
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|05|09}}
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| name = Mollie Wilmot
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| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|09|17|1923|05|09}}
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| death_place = New York City, U.S.
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| birth_place = [[Chicago, IL]]
| occupation = Socialite and philanthropist
| death_date = September 17, 2002
| relatives = [[Joe Bushkin|Francice Netcher Bushkin]] (sister)
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| death_place = [[Manhattan]]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
| occupation = Heiress}}
* {{marriage|Eddie Bragno|1947|1960}}
* {{marriage|Albert C. Bostwick III|1960|1967}}
* {{marriage|Paul Wilmot|1970|1975}}
}}
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'''Mollie Wilmot''' (née '''Netcher'''; May 9, 1923 – September 17, 2002) was an American philanthropist and socialite.

==Biography==
The younger child (of two daughters) born to Charles Netcher Jr. and Gladys ({{nee}} Oliver) Netcher,<ref>[https://casetext.com/admin-law/newbury-v-commr-1 Netcher family info], casetext.com. Accessed July 27, 2023.</ref> Wilmot spent her formative years in Europe where she studied art and achieved fluency in French. She graduated from [[Foxcroft School]], a bucolic preparatory school in northern Virginia. Her grandmother, Mollie Netcher Newbury, launched her career at the Boston Store as a clerk and underwear buyer and was dubbed the 'Merchant Princess' in her position as owner of the Chicago department store.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagohistory.org/static_media/pdf/historyfair/dept_stores_palaces_of_consumerism.pdf |title=Department Stores: Palaces Of Consumerism |date= |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref>

Wilmot divided her time between an apartment at [[The Pierre]] in [[Manhattan]], an oceanfront mansion next to the [[Kennedy family|Kennedy]] estate stretching along prestigious North Ocean Blvd. on [[Palm Beach, Florida]] and a sprawling colonial property in [[Saratoga Springs, New York]], boasting to ''[[Times Union (Albany)|The Times Union]]'' in 1998 that she had been born at the [[Hôtel Ritz Paris|Ritz Hotel]] in Paris "feet first, six weeks early and with all my eyelashes."<ref name="MWObit2002">{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Mollie Wilmot, Socialite, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/27/obituaries/mollie-wilmot-socialite-dies.html |accessdate=15 March 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=27 September 2002}}</ref>


Mollie was married three times, all of which ended in divorce. In 1947, she was married to Edward Albert Bragno (1910–1986). They divorced in 1960, and the following week, she was married to Albert Carlton Bostwick III (b. 1939), a son of [[Albert C. Bostwick Jr.]] and nephew of [[Pete Bostwick]]. The wedding, which took place at her home in Chicago, was performed by Judge [[Julius Hoffman]] and the best man was New York attorney [[Roy Cohn]].<ref name="1960Wedding">{{cite news |title=A. C. Bostwick Jr. Weds Mrs. Bragno |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1960/03/22/105186166.pdf |accessdate=15 March 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 March 1960}}</ref> They divorced in 1967, and in 1970, she married Paul Wilmot Jr.<ref name="1970Wedding">{{cite news |title=Mrs. Mollie Bostwick Is Married To Paul C. Wilmot Jr. in Florida |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/17/archives/mrs-mollie-bostwick-is-married-to-paul-cwilmot-jr-in-florida.html |accessdate=15 March 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 December 1970 |page=63}}</ref>
'''Mollie Wilmot''' (born '''Mollie Netcher''' (died September 17, 2002), [[Chicago, Illinois]]) was a philanthropist and socialite. Wilmot spent her formative years in Europe where she studied art and achieved fluency in French. She graduated from the rigorous [[Foxcroft School]]. Her grandmother, Mollie Netcher Newbury, launched her career at the Boston Store as a clerk and underwear buyer and was dubbed the 'merchant princess' in her position as owner of the Chicago department store.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagohistory.org/static_media/pdf/historyfair/dept_stores_palaces_of_consumerism.pdf |title=Department Stores: Palaces Of Consumerism |format=PDF |date= |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref> Wilmot divided her time between an apartment at [[The Pierre]] in [[Manhattan]], [[Palm Beach, FL]] and [[Saratoga Springs, NY]], boasting to [[Times Union (Albany)|The Times Union]] in 1998 that she had been born at the [[Hôtel Ritz Paris|Ritz Hotel]] in Paris "feet first, six weeks early and with all my eyelashes."<ref>{{cite news|last=Martin |first=Douglas |url=http://nytimes.com/2002/09/27/obituaries/27WILM.html |title=Mollie Wilmot, Socialite, Dies - Obituary |publisher=NYTimes.com |date=2002-09-27 |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref>
[[File: Mrs. Mollie Netcher Newbury LCCN2014714771.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Mollie Netcher Newbury, grandmother of Mollie Wilmot]]


==The ''Mercedes I'' incident==
===The ''Mercedes I''===


Wilmot soared to prominence in 1984 the day after Thanksgiving when a 197-foot freighter, [[MV Mercedes I|MV ''Mercedes I'']], carrying ten Venezuelan sailors crashed into the seawall of her oceanfront Palm Beach mansion. She served the sailors sandwiches and freshly brewed coffee in her gazebo, offered martinis to journalists and photographers, and granted the stranded Venezuelans access to her pool cabana. The incident received national and international coverage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/oct/07/local/me-wilmot7 |title=Mollie Wilmot; Palm Beach Socialite Played Host to Cargo Ship in 1984 - Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=1993-11-20 |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://shinyshots.palmbeachdailynews.com/mycapture/category.asp?eventID=893472&CategoryID=48025 |title=Mollie and the Mercedes: 25 years later &#124; News &#124; Shiny Shots by Palm Beach Daily News |publisher=Shinyshots.palmbeachdailynews.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref>
Wilmot soared to prominence in 1984 the day after Thanksgiving when a 197-foot freighter, [[MV Mercedes I|MV ''Mercedes I'']], carrying ten Venezuelan sailors crashed into the seawall of her oceanfront Palm Beach mansion. Wilmot's staff served the sailors sandwiches and freshly brewed coffee in her gazebo and showered martinis upon journalists and photographers. The incident received national and international coverage.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://articles.latimes.com/2002/oct/07/local/me-wilmot7 |title= Mollie Wilmot; Palm Beach Socialite Played Host to Cargo Ship in 1984 |work= Los Angeles Times |date=1993-11-20 |accessdate= 2012-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://shinyshots.palmbeachdailynews.com/mycapture/category.asp?eventID=893472&CategoryID=48025 |title=Mollie and the Mercedes: 25 years later &#124; News &#124; Shiny Shots by Palm Beach Daily News |publisher=Shinyshots.palmbeachdailynews.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref>


==Philanthropy==
===Philanthropy===
In her role as society hostess, Wilmot hosted an annual [[Sotheby's]] cocktail party to benefit equine research at [[Cornell University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alb.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5492856 |title=Times Union - Albany NY |publisher=Alb.merlinone.net |date=1988-07-31 |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref>
In her role as society hostess, Wilmot hosted an annual [[Sotheby's]] cocktail party to benefit equine research at [[Cornell University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alb.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5492856 |title=Times Union - Albany NY |publisher=Alb.merlinone.net |date=1988-07-31 |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref>


Wilmot bequeathed a generous portion of her estate to such hospitals as the Palm Healthcare Pavilion, providing funding for the Mollie Wilmot Children's Center located in [[West Palm Beach, FL]] and the Mollie Wilmot Radiation Oncology Center based in Saratoga Springs, NY.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saratogahospital.org/index.cfm?contentID=25&facilityID=11 |title=Facilities and locations |publisher=Saratoga Hospital |date= |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palmhealthcare.org/donorstories |title=Donor Stories &#124; Palm Healthcare Foundation |publisher=Palmhealthcare.org |date= |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref> She also contributed to the [[New York City Ballet]], The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and the National Museum of Dance and equine research at the Veterinary College of Cornell University.
Wilmot bequeathed a generous portion of her estate to the Palm Healthcare Pavilion, which endowed the Mollie Wilmot Children's Center located in [[West Palm Beach, Florida]] and the Mollie Wilmot Radiation Oncology Center based in Saratoga Springs, New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saratogahospital.org/index.cfm?contentID=25&facilityID=11 |title=Facilities and locations |publisher=Saratoga Hospital |date= |accessdate=2012-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704022522/http://www.saratogahospital.org/index.cfm?contentID=25&facilityID=11 |archive-date=2011-07-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palmhealthcare.org/donorstories |title=Donor Stories &#124; Palm Healthcare Foundation |publisher=Palmhealthcare.org |date= |accessdate=2012-05-17}}</ref> She also contributed to the [[New York City Ballet]], The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and the National Museum of Dance and equine research at the Veterinary College of Cornell University.{{cn|date=July 2023}}


==References==
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Revision as of 19:24, 26 June 2024

Mollie Wilmot
Born
Mollie Netcher

(1923-05-09)May 9, 1923
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedSeptember 17, 2002(2002-09-17) (aged 79)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Socialite and philanthropist
Spouses
Eddie Bragno
​
(m. 1947⁠–⁠1960)​
Albert C. Bostwick III
​
​
(m. 1960⁠–⁠1967)​
Paul Wilmot
​
(m. 1970⁠–⁠1975)​
RelativesFrancice Netcher Bushkin (sister)

Mollie Wilmot (née Netcher; May 9, 1923 – September 17, 2002) was an American philanthropist and socialite.

Biography

The younger child (of two daughters) born to Charles Netcher Jr. and Gladys (née Oliver) Netcher,[1] Wilmot spent her formative years in Europe where she studied art and achieved fluency in French. She graduated from Foxcroft School, a bucolic preparatory school in northern Virginia. Her grandmother, Mollie Netcher Newbury, launched her career at the Boston Store as a clerk and underwear buyer and was dubbed the 'Merchant Princess' in her position as owner of the Chicago department store.[2]

Wilmot divided her time between an apartment at The Pierre in Manhattan, an oceanfront mansion next to the Kennedy estate stretching along prestigious North Ocean Blvd. on Palm Beach, Florida and a sprawling colonial property in Saratoga Springs, New York, boasting to The Times Union in 1998 that she had been born at the Ritz Hotel in Paris "feet first, six weeks early and with all my eyelashes."[3]

Mollie was married three times, all of which ended in divorce. In 1947, she was married to Edward Albert Bragno (1910–1986). They divorced in 1960, and the following week, she was married to Albert Carlton Bostwick III (b. 1939), a son of Albert C. Bostwick Jr. and nephew of Pete Bostwick. The wedding, which took place at her home in Chicago, was performed by Judge Julius Hoffman and the best man was New York attorney Roy Cohn.[4] They divorced in 1967, and in 1970, she married Paul Wilmot Jr.[5]

Mollie Netcher Newbury, grandmother of Mollie Wilmot

The Mercedes I

Wilmot soared to prominence in 1984 the day after Thanksgiving when a 197-foot freighter, MV Mercedes I, carrying ten Venezuelan sailors crashed into the seawall of her oceanfront Palm Beach mansion. Wilmot's staff served the sailors sandwiches and freshly brewed coffee in her gazebo and showered martinis upon journalists and photographers. The incident received national and international coverage.[6][7]

Philanthropy

In her role as society hostess, Wilmot hosted an annual Sotheby's cocktail party to benefit equine research at Cornell University.[8]

Wilmot bequeathed a generous portion of her estate to the Palm Healthcare Pavilion, which endowed the Mollie Wilmot Children's Center located in West Palm Beach, Florida and the Mollie Wilmot Radiation Oncology Center based in Saratoga Springs, New York.[9][10] She also contributed to the New York City Ballet, The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and the National Museum of Dance and equine research at the Veterinary College of Cornell University.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Netcher family info, casetext.com. Accessed July 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "Department Stores: Palaces Of Consumerism" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  3. ^ Martin, Douglas (27 September 2002). "Mollie Wilmot, Socialite, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. ^ "A. C. Bostwick Jr. Weds Mrs. Bragno" (PDF). The New York Times. 22 March 1960. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Mrs. Mollie Bostwick Is Married To Paul C. Wilmot Jr. in Florida". The New York Times. 17 December 1970. p. 63. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Mollie Wilmot; Palm Beach Socialite Played Host to Cargo Ship in 1984". Los Angeles Times. 1993-11-20. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  7. ^ "Mollie and the Mercedes: 25 years later | News | Shiny Shots by Palm Beach Daily News". Shinyshots.palmbeachdailynews.com. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  8. ^ "Times Union - Albany NY". Alb.merlinone.net. 1988-07-31. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  9. ^ "Facilities and locations". Saratoga Hospital. Archived from the original on 2011-07-04. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  10. ^ "Donor Stories | Palm Healthcare Foundation". Palmhealthcare.org. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
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