The plan, sketched out in late 1986, was to create two classes of stock: one regular, and one with greater voting weight, called "supervoting" shares. She has three children, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Resend Activation Email. Dorrance passed away in month 2017, at age 88. August 16, 1928 April 18, 2017. "Her family was around her," said Nat Hamilton, 35, of Malvern, who was the eldest of her nine grandchildren. Please try again later. Dorrance Hill Hamilton, 89, the billionaire Campbell's Soup heiress whose generous hats and more generous philanthropy made her a spirited presence in society and cultural circles of Philadelphia and Newport, passed away April 18, 2017 at her home in Boca Grande, Florida, after an illness. Within a year, Norris resigned from Morgan Lewis. The family still holds a large percentage of the outstanding shares of Campbell stock. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Mrs. Hamilton was born in Lenox Hill, New York, New York on August 16th, 1928 to Nathaniel Peter Hill and Elinor Winifred Dorrance. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. His three children split about a third of the company when he died in 1989. ). A system error has occurred. We have set your language to 45' x 65' 4-story atrium; 2,925 square feet; 12'7" x 15'6" stage; Two 440 square-foot balconies; Seating. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Another family member, John C. Weber, husband ofDorranceheiress Charlotte Colket Weber, said, "Carl did do a lot of talking and we listened to what he said. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. "Jack felt that was a mistake.". Shes grown hundreds of prize-winning flowers exhibited at the iconic, august Philadelphia Flower Show. Jim Gillis (1958-2023), Obituary: Joseph F. Burns, Jr. (1932-2023), Obituary: James Royal Bartlett Jr. (1965-2023), Obituary: Leah Caitlin Rosin-Pritchard (1986-2023), Obituary: Dr. Daniel J. Sullivan (1933-2023). McGovern, a gifted marketer, saw Campbell's future growth in new products, such as dried soups. Mrs. H. helped pay for the Azalea Garden at the Art Museum to be replanted and helped in its design, and while she supports the Flower Show, she also enters her orchids (and they win, in blind competitions). 0 cemeteries found in Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA. Constance Rolline Hamilton, of LaSalle, CO, passed away on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. Sixty-one years after the death of John T. Dorrance, his grandchildren are squabbling over the family legacy. McGovern thought he had a solution. Consider offering these words of comfort if you're not sure what's appropriate. He died in 1997. The massive houses, later turned into tourist attractions, were still in family hands, the site of all-summer-long parties. Dorrance Hamilton was born to the role of socialite, of course she is, famously, the granddaughter of Dr. John T. Dorrance, who invented the condensing process for soup and became the president of the Campbell Soup company in 1914. In March, the couple met in Vail. Jefferson seemed to be going along the right path.. Part of that discontent focused on McGovern, the CEO. Lou-ie, Mrs. Hamilton says, in a gently scolding tone. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? "There is no family member who would be acceptable to all other family members as a leader. As a trustee, Hamilton understood the vision set forth in the new strategic plan. Your mother was a wonderful woman and will be missed. It has 14 rooms, 7 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms. In particular, Smithburg would become chief executive of the combined business, and family members, with a smaller share of the combined company, would have more flexibility to sell some of their stock without disrupting the market. Now the family's vaunted unity lies shattered like a fine china tureen. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Newport City Council member Kathryn Leonard talked to Matt Hamilton, the son of Dorrance Hamilton, about the sale of the land and proceeds "will be used for the benefit of Newport projects," she said. Other dynasties the du Ponts, the Gettys, the Rockefellers have slowly lost their grips on their family businesses, but never theDorrances. Gender Bias: The Trauma Women Experience Testifying In Family Court. Nor has one emerged. It was the first time the third generation had ever assembled to talk about company business. Now, appearing ever so slightly debauched, Louies still wearing his bow tie. Hamilton is concerned about philanthropic education as well. Learn more about managing a memorial . Some of her well-known philanthropic projects were The Blue Garden in Newport, Rhode Island, The Fernery at The Morris Arboretum, and The Philadelphia Flower Show. At the secret meeting, Smithburg and Vlasic talked in broad terms about the merits of a merger. A month later, they were in Wayne for the funeral of her father, George Strawbridge Sr. One month after the dissidents' declaration, according to court files, Diana Norris wrote an anguished letter to her husband: "I feel this CS (Campbell Soup) thing you have used to get even (with) Jack, theDorrancekids and now Bob Vlasic. You may request to transfer up to 250,000 memorials managed by Find a Grave. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Three of them the children of JackDorrance earn more than $41,000 a day in soup company dividends alone. Career As of November 2015, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$2.6 billion. Before settling there, Mother and Daddy rented all up and down Bellevue Avenue to see how far the fog would come up, because it ruined her hairdo, Mrs. H. recalls. Velaa has noticed an interesting trend in bookingsabout 45 percent of their guests have been family/multi-generational bookings this year. JackDorrance's three children are equally circumspect. I think shes thought very carefully about what she wants to do with her resources., Im one of the new people Ive only been with her 25, 26 years, laughs Barbara King, who started working with Mrs. H. when she was 18 and now manages Valley Forge Flowers. But more telling, Mrs. H. is one of a vanishing breed of American royalty, the heirs whose finishing schools and Social Register childhoods shaped them into admired members of this countrys landed gentry. Recent gifts include $25 million to Thomas Jefferson Hospital; $5 million to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; $5 million to the Kimmel Center; $1 million to the costume collection at the Art Museums Perelman Building; and quietly dispersed millions to education causes all over the city, including several parochial schools in West Philly. Lippincott, a favorite of Wall Street for his adroit turnaround of Scott Paper, had been on Campbell's board since 1984 and was admired by manyDorrances. With Hope and Bobby Scott now gone, she is the last social icon of the old Main Line. The building was constructed using . In winter, the Hills moved to rambling duplex 10B at 740 Park Avenue, where their neighbors, as told in Michael Grosss 740 Park: The Story of the Worlds Richest Apartment Building, included the Rockefellers, the Vanderbilts and the Chryslers. Often he was the only one talking. She married Samuel Matthews Vauclain Hamilton Sr. in 1950. The private eye traced the dapper Norris, 50, to Atlanta, where he was photographed in the company of a Philadelphia woman about half his age. A nearby parcel was once the fields of Hammersmith Farm, Jacqueline Kennedys childhood home and the site of her wedding to JFK. With his death in the spring of 1989, family differences that had been quietly growing abruptly came to the surface. Try again later. She was predeceased by her husband of 47 years, Samuel M. V. Hamilton, and survived by her three children, Margaret H. Duprey, N. Peter Hamilton and S. Matthews V. Hamilton, Jr, nine grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Most credit Carl Norris with first articulating family members' discontent with the way the company was being run. Before I knew it, she had a trip planned with all of us, 15 designers, and we all spent a week out there. Within weeks, her fears were realized. Born in New York City, formerly of Wayne, Pennsylvania and Newport, Rhode Island, Dorrance Hill Hamilton passed . By Neal Leitereg. Norris' bold views on Campbell Soup also distressed JackDorranceand some of Diana's cousins. Campbell Soup heiress Dorrance "Dodo" Hamilton died on April 18th, 2017 at her home in Boca Grande, Florida. They seldom saw each other. Without his daunting presence, they are pursuing individual agendas. Meanwhile, marital turmoil continued. She was the first woman named to the board of trustees. At home in Philly, Sam participated in horse-coaching competitions. I got pregnant as soon as I was married, and my aunt said, You have to go have your baby at Jefferson. Matt Hamilton remembers his mom as busy, but hands-on he says Mrs. H. is a good cook while he was growing up, and says that while his childhood was much less formal than his mothers, tradition continued. It was one thing if Carl said something, quite another if it was Diana. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. "Let 'em stew," he was quoted as saying by one participant. Individually? The plan would satisfy people like Dodo Hamilton, who was concerned about the tight concentration of her wealth in Campbell Soup stock. Interment will be private in Newport. During a 20-minute meeting, they asked Vlasic to have the company's investment bankers, Goldman Sachs, interview each branch of the family about their goals for their Campbell stock and devise ways of satisfying everyone. But Diana's father, George Strawbridge Sr., and her brother were concerned about some of Norris' business dealings, according to a family member. On the evening of the Sept. 5 meeting, Carl returned alone to Runnymede, the Chester County estate. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Dorrance Hill Hamilton I found on Findagrave.com. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. You have funeral questions, we have answers. Atlantic Shark Institute License Plate Shatters Charity Record More Than 2,700 Plates Ordered So Far! I OWN A small travel company out in Berwyn, Matt Hamilton tells me, and about a year ago, Mom said, Find me a boat. The trust, formally called the Major Shareholders Voting Trust, consisted of about 26.5 percent of the company's stock. That is, when hes not at home at the Hamilton house in Wayne, or in Florida over the winter. (William Vanderbilt built it for his wife Alvas 39th birthday, but she divorced him anyway, then moved down the street to her new husbands place.) McGovern had launched an aggressive plan five years earlier to expand both at home and in Europe, while at the same time closing outmoded plants. But youre actually more likely to find Mrs. H. off the Adriatic, visiting the new medical education building at Jefferson that she funded, or the gardens she supports through the Horticultural Society, or running her annual Community Clothes Charity sale, where she personally welcomes every shopper and takes their admission fees while wearing an apron. Note that clicking the link below will block access to this site for 24 hours. According to close family associates, "Ippy," as he is known, had come to suspect that Norris and the voting trust were attempting to usurp his presumed role as the next family leader. He testified that all the social obligations were interfering with his business. Later, after receiving a threat as chairman of Campbell Soup, Jack had bodyguards follow him as he drove along a different route to work each day. She soon began dating Carl Norris, and they were married the next year. She was shocked and humiliated, Diana Norris later wrote, when her husband, using a two-page list for reference, presented her with a litany of complaints about their marriage in front of the lawyer. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. [3][4] She had homes in Wayne, Pennsylvania, Boca Grande, Florida, Surry, Virginia and Newport, Rhode Island. This search result is here to prevent scraping, Helen Gym Sends Cease and Desist Letter to All Philly TV Stations, How Philly Cheesesteaks Became a Big Deal in Lahore, Pakistan, The Most Bizarre Moment from Last Night's Philly Mayoral Debate. In Newport, wed all have tea with Granny at four in the afternoon, wearing horrible red sandals and all that., Even more important was the notion of duty. In fact, in June 1990 he was instrumental in establishing yet another voting trust this one for the three dissident families. I met at a cocktail party a woman from Tufts veterinary school. She gets a mischievous look in her eye as she describes confabbing with the vets about her preservation project. Smithburg phoned, but instead of talking about the CEO job, he explored the idea of a merger. Photography by Chris Crisman, Matt Hamilton already knew that his mother was one of your more independent billionaire heiresses. What kind of arrangement is appropriate, where should you send it, and when should you send an alternative? Soon after the collapse of Toad and the day after Diana Norris returned her wedding ring Carl Norris aligned himself with the van Beurens and Hamiltons in a move that marked the debut of the dissident group. Each of our locations offers a unique learning environment. But as Mrs. H., whose husband Sam passed away in 1997, says, Im so curious about the future. Hence the Austin Powers-ish interiors of the buildings, where tanks full of liquid nitrogen keep farm-animal embryos frozen. You can always change this later in your Account settings. I think there were some alcohol issues in the family, her uncle Jack had a problem with that, and thats why Dodo doesnt drink, says a longtime friend. Silver-haired and proper, Archie van Beuren was a descendant of one of John D. Rockefeller's partners in Standard Oil and had for years managed his own family's fortune. ", "I was crying out and trying to shock Carl into coming home," she testified later, explaining her letter. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Hamilton died in 1997. Their loyalty to Campbell Soup was as dependable, as unchanging, as the company's red-and-white soup cans. of the Main Line. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dorrance_Hill_Hamilton&oldid=1150843008, People associated with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 20 April 2023, at 12:30. Sister of Private, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorrance_Hill_Hamilton. It was perfect, Mrs. H., who has wide hazel eyes and a big, vivacious smile, is saying about her birthday party. I always think its sort of glamorous to have your fish eaten by mink, she says. But JackDorranceleft a house divided. Hamilton was a granddaughter of Dr. John Thompson Dorrance, who created the process for condensing soup and purchased the Campbell Soup Company from his uncle in 1914. In a quintessentially Mrs. H. move, this venture put a sheep, goat and chicken farm squarely in the middle of one of the nations most opulent old-money enclaves. I was a tutor for Matt and his brother Peter, says Charrington, who met Mrs. H. some 40 years ago and never left her life. Description: The University of the Arts' Dorrance Hamilton Hall at 320 S. Broad Street at the corner of Pine Street and running west to S. 15th Street and north to Delancey Street, in the Avenue of the Arts cultural district of Center City, Philadelphia, was built in 1824-26 for the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, and was designed by John Haviland in the Greek Revival style. Mrs. Hamilton was born in Lenox Hill, New York, New York on August 16th, 1928 to Nathaniel Peter Hill and Elinor Winifred Dorrance. Dorrancerelatives suggested several reasons for the split in their ranks. invented the process for making condensed soup just before the turn of the century. But then Carl stood up and said, 'Hey, guys, you know what they're trying to do to your family? Hamilton served as president of the Womens Board from 1969 - 1972. If she is aware of this, she doesnt dwell on it. With some exceptions, the family members asked not to be quoted by name. She was 88. In recent years, Carl Norris has played a pivotal role in decisions that divided theDorrances, owners of the 122-year-old Campbell Soup Co. of Camden. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 11th at 11:00am at 218 Strafford Avenue in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. In court papers, Norris said he wants "an equitable distribution" of their property, including a portion of the increase in the value of her Campbell Soup stock during the marriage. So far, the three children of JackDorrance collectively the owners of almost one-third of the company's stock have succeeded in blocking a sale. Dorrance "Dodo" Hill Hamilton was born Marie Louise Dorrance Hill on August 16, 1928, and died on April 18, 2017. . But over a period of months, members of most of the families grandchildren or their spouses consented to interviews, under carefully controlled conditions. She brushes off projected wistfulness briskly. It was the first time we'd really talked.". A cause of death wasn't disclosed. Mrs. Samuel M.V. In 1998, Dorrance Hamilton, an heiress to the Campbell's Soup fortune, purchased the farm and founded the SVF (Swiss Village Farm) Foundation, which preserves semen and embryos from rare and . Not for nothing has Mrs. H. been compared to the Queen of England: Dodo was the most responsible one of all, even more than her aunts and uncle Jack Dorrance in the generation before her. Information and advice to help you cope with the death of someone important to you. Other neighbors included Vincent Astor at Beechwood, the Firestone family at Ocean Lawn, and more exotic summer residents straight out of a Preston Sturges movie, such as Countess Lszl Szchenyi (born Gladys Moore Vanderbilt), who held court at the Breakers. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. TheDorrancesflatly rejected the stock plan. We breeze past rolling hills full of wildflowers, a pond, and an honest-to-goodness European village; goats pause from munching a hillside to gaze at us through disinterested yellow eyeballs. "In the back of my mind, I was very afraid Carl had another woman And I desperately wanted my husband back.". He was the son of an engineering professor, and held a master's degree in economics from the University of Washington in Seattle and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. "Carl is the guy who told the emperor he had no clothes," Archie van Beuren told an associate. She was 88. Along with her blue satin dress and emeralds, the guest of honor wore a tiny red hat in the shape of a birthday cake. I found her to be a lovely, caring person, and I loved her hats. 59), Plaintiff's response (ECF No. A memorial service will be conducted on Thursday, May 11, at 11 am, at 218 . U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018, U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-2020, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. We have mink coming to eat the fish in the pond, she says with a laugh. Wife of Samuel "Sam" Hamilton Giving to charity is a meaningful way to honor someone who has died. The boat Matt found turned out to be a cruise ship, and last July, Mrs. H. and her clan took a European jaunt a pre-birthday warm-up, you might say, for the Newport bash with family and some 50 friends gliding down the Adriatic for a week on the luxury yacht Seadream. 61), the "Motion for Partial Dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) of Plaintiff's Third Amended Complaint" on . She was 88. Try again. Shes always done the right thing its part of being the oldest grandchild of John T. Dorrance. The family still holds a large percentage of the outstanding shares of Campbell stock. Through his foresight, they inherited extraordinary wealth; six have fortunes today in the range of $450 million to $1 billion. April 24, 2017. Dodo and Sam went to Europe on trips organized by PAFA (where Sam was longtime board chair) and Winterthur. Heir to Campbell's Soup Company Her Other Children Dr John T Dorrance Sr Bio Details Full name JackDorrancewas acutely aware of the security risks that accompany wealth. Born in New York City, formerly of Wayne, Pennsylvania and Newport, Rhode Island, Dorrance Hill Hamilton passed away peacefully in Boca Grande, Florida surrounded by her family. She has three children, nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Hamilton, the granddaughter of Campbell Soup founder John T. Dorrance, was a longtime fixture on Forbes' list of the country's 400 richest people and a noted philanthropist. For much of that time, he testified, he did little other than play golf. As a group? "He was family.". 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