Born: Aug. 23, 1930, New York City
Died: May 11, 2003, Winston-Salem
Known as: Heiress to both the Cannon Mills textile and RJ Reynolds Tobacco fortunes who used her wealth to advance racial equity, and cultural diversity and funded building, endowment and scholarship projects at for schools and institutions including Blowing Rock Hospital, Women’s College of Greensboro, Bowman Gray Medical School, and NC School of the Arts…