Alice Helen Palache Jones (April 12, 1907 – June 12, 1989)[1] was an American banker.

Alice Palache Jones
A young white woman with dark hair and dark eyes
Alice Palache, from the 1928 yearbook of Bryn Mawr College
Born
Alice Helen Palache

April 12, 1907
Cambridge, Massachusetts
DiedJune 12, 1989
Mount Kisco, New York
Occupation(s)Bank executive, birth control advocate
ParentCharles Palache
RelativesJudith Palache Gregory (niece)

Background

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Alice Helen Palache was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Charles Palache and Helen Harrington Markham Palache. Her father was a Harvard professor and mineralogist; her mother was a teacher.[1]

Palache graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1928,[2] and was close to her classmate, Katharine Hepburn.[3][4] The two women traveled in Europe together as students. At Bryn Mawr, she played tennis, basketball, and field hockey.[5] She was also active in dramatics and glee club,[6] and president of the Undergraduate Association in her senior year.[7]

Career

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Palache was executive director of the National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control from 1930 to 1933, working with Margaret Sanger.[8][9] In 1933, she began working at the Fiduciary Trust Company of New York as a trainee. She worked at the Fiduciary Trust Company until her retirement in 1974,[10] as senior vice president of the company.[11] During World War II, she was the company's acting chief executive.[12] She was also director of the Dreyfus Third Century Fund.[8]

Later in life, Jones was a trustee of the North Salem Free Library, a member of the board of directors of Bryn Mawr College,[10] and chair of the North Salem Planning Board.[1]

Personal life and death

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Palache married advertising executive and cookbook author Russell Kennedy Jones in 1954, as his second wife; they met in 1932.[13] Russell Jones died in 1986.[14]

She died age 82 on June 12, 1989, in Mount Kisco, New York.[8]

Legacy

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Some of her papers are in the Palache Family Papers at Harvard's Schlesinger Library.[15] Her niece was editor Judith Palache Gregory.[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Alice (Palache) Jones". Cambridge Women's Heritage Project Database, J. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  2. ^ "Student Groups Elect at Bryn Mawr College". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1927-04-24. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-06-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Seltzer, Ruth (1977-11-08). "Ahoy for the Maritime Museum". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 24. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  4. ^ Karbo, Karen (2008-12-12). How to Hepburn: Lessons on Living from Kate the Great. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-59691-980-8.
  5. ^ Bryn Mawr College, The Book of 1928 (yearbook, 1928).
  6. ^ "Stars of College Play". Daily News. 1925-11-29. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-07-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cambridge Girl Chosen President of Bryn Mawr Undergraduate Ass'n". The Boston Globe. 1927-04-26. p. 5. Retrieved 2021-06-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b c "A. P. Jones, 82, Ex-Banker, Dies". The New York Times. 1989-06-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  9. ^ "National Committee on Federal Legislation on Birth Control". The Margaret Sanger Papers Project. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  10. ^ a b Jablow, Paul (1974-09-19). "Students to Run Endowment". The Miami Herald. p. 94. Retrieved 2021-06-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Gould, Leslie (1952-07-21). "Behind the News". The News Tribune. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-07-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Our History". Fiduciary Trust Company International. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  13. ^ Leaming, Barbara (2004). Katharine Hepburn. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 426–427. ISBN 978-0-87910-293-7.
  14. ^ "Obituary for Russell K. Jones (Aged 89)". The Journal News. 1986-10-07. p. 15. Retrieved 2021-07-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ a b "Jones, Alice (Palache), 1907-1954, n.d. (13 folders); in the Papers of the Palache Family, 1839-2004". Hollis. Retrieved 2021-06-30.