Ellen Zinsser McCloy Dies
By Richard Pearson April 8, 1986
Washington Post
Ellen Zinsser McCloy, 87, an activist in volunteer and civic organizations who accompanied her husband, John J. McCloy, while he served in high government posts in this country and abroad, died April 6 at a hospital in Greenwich, Conn. She had Parkinson's disease.
From 1949 to 1952, Mrs. McCloy lived in West Germany, where Mr. McCloy was U.S. high commissioner. She was fluent in German and took an active interest in the problems facing German women and children. She spoke at youth forums and was active in welfare work, and helped organize the dispatch of food parcels to East Germany.
For her work during those years, she was awarded the Order of Merit of the West German Red Cross. As an indication of the esteem in which she was held, she was given the Federal Republic's Commander's Cross for Distinguished Service in 1977.
During World War II, while her husband was serving in Washington as an assistant secretary of war, Mrs. McCloy was active in volunteer nursing programs. She spent mornings as a volunteer obstetrics nurse helping the wives and infants of sailors serving overseas. With overcrowded hospitals and the shortage of physicians, nurses and other staff, it fell to volunteers such as Mrs. McCloy to help care for the babies and do laundry.
For these efforts Mrs. McCloy received an award from the Navy Department.
A resident of Stamford, Conn., Mrs. McCloy was born in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. She was a 1918 graduate of Smith College, from which she received an honorary doctorate of laws in 1953 and where she served on the board of trustees.
She was a principal supporter of the Outward Bound program and was a 1985 recipient of its Kurt Hahn Award. She served as board chairman of both the New York chapter of the Girls Clubs of America and the Bellevue Hospital nursing school in New York City. She was a member of the board of directors of the New York chapter of the American Red Cross.
In addition to her husband, whom she married on April 25, 1930, and who lives in Stamford, Mrs. McCloy's survivors include a son, John J. McCloy II of Greenwich; a daughter, Ellen Z. McCloy of New York City; a sister, Peggy Z. Douglas of Tucson, Ariz., and two grandchildren.
ELLEN Z. McCLOY, 87, LEADER IN RELIEF EFFORTS IN GERMANY
Eric Pace
April 8, 1986
The New York Times
Ellen Zinsser McCloy, who as the wife of the United States High Commissioner in Germany from 1949 to 1952 was active in relief and reorientation activities, died Sunday at Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital. She was 87 years old and lived in Stamford, Conn.
During her years in Germany, Mrs. McCloy made frequent public appearances, speaking in fluent German as she propounded American democratic ideals and urged German women to take a more active role in political life.
Louise Sophie Knigge, a high official of the German Red Cross in the West German city of Hanover, wrote in 1952 that Mrs. McCloy was ''never too tired to speak at innumerable meetings all over Western Germany and Berlin, to arouse the women and to warn them against apathy and selfishness.'' She also praised Mrs. McCloy's relief work and counsel.
Born and reared in Hastings-on-Hudson, Mrs. McCloy graduated from the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry and, in 1918, from Smith College.
Over the years she was variously chairman of the boards of the Bellevue Schools of Nursing and the New York chapter of Girls Clubs of America; a trustee of Smith College and Outward Bound United States; a director of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York and the New York chapter of the American Red Cross, and an officer or director of other groups.
She is survived by her husband, John J. McCloy, to whom she was married in 1930. He is is a senior partner of the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, chairman of the American Council on Germany, a former president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and a former chairman of the board of Chase Manhattan Bank.
Mrs. McCloy is also survived by a sister, Peggy Z. Douglas of Tucson, Ariz.; a son, John J. 2d, of Greenwich; a daughter, Ellen Z. McCloy of Manhattan, and two grandsons.
A memorial service is to be held at 11 A.M. Wednesday in the Stanwich Congregational Church on Taconic Road in Greenwich.
By Richard Pearson April 8, 1986
Washington Post
Ellen Zinsser McCloy, 87, an activist in volunteer and civic organizations who accompanied her husband, John J. McCloy, while he served in high government posts in this country and abroad, died April 6 at a hospital in Greenwich, Conn. She had Parkinson's disease.
From 1949 to 1952, Mrs. McCloy lived in West Germany, where Mr. McCloy was U.S. high commissioner. She was fluent in German and took an active interest in the problems facing German women and children. She spoke at youth forums and was active in welfare work, and helped organize the dispatch of food parcels to East Germany.
For her work during those years, she was awarded the Order of Merit of the West German Red Cross. As an indication of the esteem in which she was held, she was given the Federal Republic's Commander's Cross for Distinguished Service in 1977.
During World War II, while her husband was serving in Washington as an assistant secretary of war, Mrs. McCloy was active in volunteer nursing programs. She spent mornings as a volunteer obstetrics nurse helping the wives and infants of sailors serving overseas. With overcrowded hospitals and the shortage of physicians, nurses and other staff, it fell to volunteers such as Mrs. McCloy to help care for the babies and do laundry.
For these efforts Mrs. McCloy received an award from the Navy Department.
A resident of Stamford, Conn., Mrs. McCloy was born in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. She was a 1918 graduate of Smith College, from which she received an honorary doctorate of laws in 1953 and where she served on the board of trustees.
She was a principal supporter of the Outward Bound program and was a 1985 recipient of its Kurt Hahn Award. She served as board chairman of both the New York chapter of the Girls Clubs of America and the Bellevue Hospital nursing school in New York City. She was a member of the board of directors of the New York chapter of the American Red Cross.
In addition to her husband, whom she married on April 25, 1930, and who lives in Stamford, Mrs. McCloy's survivors include a son, John J. McCloy II of Greenwich; a daughter, Ellen Z. McCloy of New York City; a sister, Peggy Z. Douglas of Tucson, Ariz., and two grandchildren.
ELLEN Z. McCLOY, 87, LEADER IN RELIEF EFFORTS IN GERMANY
Eric Pace
April 8, 1986
The New York Times
Ellen Zinsser McCloy, who as the wife of the United States High Commissioner in Germany from 1949 to 1952 was active in relief and reorientation activities, died Sunday at Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital. She was 87 years old and lived in Stamford, Conn.
During her years in Germany, Mrs. McCloy made frequent public appearances, speaking in fluent German as she propounded American democratic ideals and urged German women to take a more active role in political life.
Louise Sophie Knigge, a high official of the German Red Cross in the West German city of Hanover, wrote in 1952 that Mrs. McCloy was ''never too tired to speak at innumerable meetings all over Western Germany and Berlin, to arouse the women and to warn them against apathy and selfishness.'' She also praised Mrs. McCloy's relief work and counsel.
Born and reared in Hastings-on-Hudson, Mrs. McCloy graduated from the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry and, in 1918, from Smith College.
Over the years she was variously chairman of the boards of the Bellevue Schools of Nursing and the New York chapter of Girls Clubs of America; a trustee of Smith College and Outward Bound United States; a director of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York and the New York chapter of the American Red Cross, and an officer or director of other groups.
She is survived by her husband, John J. McCloy, to whom she was married in 1930. He is is a senior partner of the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, chairman of the American Council on Germany, a former president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and a former chairman of the board of Chase Manhattan Bank.
Mrs. McCloy is also survived by a sister, Peggy Z. Douglas of Tucson, Ariz.; a son, John J. 2d, of Greenwich; a daughter, Ellen Z. McCloy of Manhattan, and two grandsons.
A memorial service is to be held at 11 A.M. Wednesday in the Stanwich Congregational Church on Taconic Road in Greenwich.
Ellen Zinsser McCloy Dies
By Richard Pearson April 8, 1986
Washington Post
Ellen Zinsser McCloy, 87, an activist in volunteer and civic organizations who accompanied her husband, John J. McCloy, while he served in high government posts in this country and abroad, died April 6 at a hospital in Greenwich, Conn. She had Parkinson's disease.
From 1949 to 1952, Mrs. McCloy lived in West Germany, where Mr. McCloy was U.S. high commissioner. She was fluent in German and took an active interest in the problems facing German women and children. She spoke at youth forums and was active in welfare work, and helped organize the dispatch of food parcels to East Germany.
For her work during those years, she was awarded the Order of Merit of the West German Red Cross. As an indication of the esteem in which she was held, she was given the Federal Republic's Commander's Cross for Distinguished Service in 1977.
During World War II, while her husband was serving in Washington as an assistant secretary of war, Mrs. McCloy was active in volunteer nursing programs. She spent mornings as a volunteer obstetrics nurse helping the wives and infants of sailors serving overseas. With overcrowded hospitals and the shortage of physicians, nurses and other staff, it fell to volunteers such as Mrs. McCloy to help care for the babies and do laundry.
For these efforts Mrs. McCloy received an award from the Navy Department.
A resident of Stamford, Conn., Mrs. McCloy was born in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. She was a 1918 graduate of Smith College, from which she received an honorary doctorate of laws in 1953 and where she served on the board of trustees.
She was a principal supporter of the Outward Bound program and was a 1985 recipient of its Kurt Hahn Award. She served as board chairman of both the New York chapter of the Girls Clubs of America and the Bellevue Hospital nursing school in New York City. She was a member of the board of directors of the New York chapter of the American Red Cross.
In addition to her husband, whom she married on April 25, 1930, and who lives in Stamford, Mrs. McCloy's survivors include a son, John J. McCloy II of Greenwich; a daughter, Ellen Z. McCloy of New York City; a sister, Peggy Z. Douglas of Tucson, Ariz., and two grandchildren.
ELLEN Z. McCLOY, 87, LEADER IN RELIEF EFFORTS IN GERMANY
Eric Pace
April 8, 1986
The New York Times
Ellen Zinsser McCloy, who as the wife of the United States High Commissioner in Germany from 1949 to 1952 was active in relief and reorientation activities, died Sunday at Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital. She was 87 years old and lived in Stamford, Conn.
During her years in Germany, Mrs. McCloy made frequent public appearances, speaking in fluent German as she propounded American democratic ideals and urged German women to take a more active role in political life.
Louise Sophie Knigge, a high official of the German Red Cross in the West German city of Hanover, wrote in 1952 that Mrs. McCloy was ''never too tired to speak at innumerable meetings all over Western Germany and Berlin, to arouse the women and to warn them against apathy and selfishness.'' She also praised Mrs. McCloy's relief work and counsel.
Born and reared in Hastings-on-Hudson, Mrs. McCloy graduated from the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry and, in 1918, from Smith College.
Over the years she was variously chairman of the boards of the Bellevue Schools of Nursing and the New York chapter of Girls Clubs of America; a trustee of Smith College and Outward Bound United States; a director of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York and the New York chapter of the American Red Cross, and an officer or director of other groups.
She is survived by her husband, John J. McCloy, to whom she was married in 1930. He is is a senior partner of the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, chairman of the American Council on Germany, a former president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and a former chairman of the board of Chase Manhattan Bank.
Mrs. McCloy is also survived by a sister, Peggy Z. Douglas of Tucson, Ariz.; a son, John J. 2d, of Greenwich; a daughter, Ellen Z. McCloy of Manhattan, and two grandsons.
A memorial service is to be held at 11 A.M. Wednesday in the Stanwich Congregational Church on Taconic Road in Greenwich.
By Richard Pearson April 8, 1986
Washington Post
Ellen Zinsser McCloy, 87, an activist in volunteer and civic organizations who accompanied her husband, John J. McCloy, while he served in high government posts in this country and abroad, died April 6 at a hospital in Greenwich, Conn. She had Parkinson's disease.
From 1949 to 1952, Mrs. McCloy lived in West Germany, where Mr. McCloy was U.S. high commissioner. She was fluent in German and took an active interest in the problems facing German women and children. She spoke at youth forums and was active in welfare work, and helped organize the dispatch of food parcels to East Germany.
For her work during those years, she was awarded the Order of Merit of the West German Red Cross. As an indication of the esteem in which she was held, she was given the Federal Republic's Commander's Cross for Distinguished Service in 1977.
During World War II, while her husband was serving in Washington as an assistant secretary of war, Mrs. McCloy was active in volunteer nursing programs. She spent mornings as a volunteer obstetrics nurse helping the wives and infants of sailors serving overseas. With overcrowded hospitals and the shortage of physicians, nurses and other staff, it fell to volunteers such as Mrs. McCloy to help care for the babies and do laundry.
For these efforts Mrs. McCloy received an award from the Navy Department.
A resident of Stamford, Conn., Mrs. McCloy was born in Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. She was a 1918 graduate of Smith College, from which she received an honorary doctorate of laws in 1953 and where she served on the board of trustees.
She was a principal supporter of the Outward Bound program and was a 1985 recipient of its Kurt Hahn Award. She served as board chairman of both the New York chapter of the Girls Clubs of America and the Bellevue Hospital nursing school in New York City. She was a member of the board of directors of the New York chapter of the American Red Cross.
In addition to her husband, whom she married on April 25, 1930, and who lives in Stamford, Mrs. McCloy's survivors include a son, John J. McCloy II of Greenwich; a daughter, Ellen Z. McCloy of New York City; a sister, Peggy Z. Douglas of Tucson, Ariz., and two grandchildren.
ELLEN Z. McCLOY, 87, LEADER IN RELIEF EFFORTS IN GERMANY
Eric Pace
April 8, 1986
The New York Times
Ellen Zinsser McCloy, who as the wife of the United States High Commissioner in Germany from 1949 to 1952 was active in relief and reorientation activities, died Sunday at Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital. She was 87 years old and lived in Stamford, Conn.
During her years in Germany, Mrs. McCloy made frequent public appearances, speaking in fluent German as she propounded American democratic ideals and urged German women to take a more active role in political life.
Louise Sophie Knigge, a high official of the German Red Cross in the West German city of Hanover, wrote in 1952 that Mrs. McCloy was ''never too tired to speak at innumerable meetings all over Western Germany and Berlin, to arouse the women and to warn them against apathy and selfishness.'' She also praised Mrs. McCloy's relief work and counsel.
Born and reared in Hastings-on-Hudson, Mrs. McCloy graduated from the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry and, in 1918, from Smith College.
Over the years she was variously chairman of the boards of the Bellevue Schools of Nursing and the New York chapter of Girls Clubs of America; a trustee of Smith College and Outward Bound United States; a director of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York and the New York chapter of the American Red Cross, and an officer or director of other groups.
She is survived by her husband, John J. McCloy, to whom she was married in 1930. He is is a senior partner of the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, chairman of the American Council on Germany, a former president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and a former chairman of the board of Chase Manhattan Bank.
Mrs. McCloy is also survived by a sister, Peggy Z. Douglas of Tucson, Ariz.; a son, John J. 2d, of Greenwich; a daughter, Ellen Z. McCloy of Manhattan, and two grandsons.
A memorial service is to be held at 11 A.M. Wednesday in the Stanwich Congregational Church on Taconic Road in Greenwich.
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