About Anne W. Simon
Lived 1914 – 1996 (aged 81–82). Anne W. Simon was an environmentalist and businessperson.
Anne W. Simon (1914 – July 29, 1996) was an American writer and environmentalist.
Biography She was born Anne Rebe Wertheim, in Cos Cob, Connecticut, the daughter of Alma (née Morgenthau) and banker Maurice Wertheim. Her grandfather was ambassador Henry Morgenthau Sr. Her sisters were Josephine Wertheim Pomerance (mother of climate activist Rafe Pomerance) and Barbara W. Tuchman (mother of Jessica Mathews). In 1935, she graduated with a B.A. from Smith College and then earned a M.A. in Social Work from Columbia University. Her second husband was real estate developer Robert E. Simon; the marriage ended in divorce.
She died on July 29, 1996 at her home in Manhattan.
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American writer-environmentalist
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Anne W. Simon died on 29 July 1996.
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Anne W. Simon was an environmentalist and businessperson.
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