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Schepp Connections 4, 2001 scheppconnections LEOPOLD SCHEPP FOUNDATION / VOLUME 1, NUMBER 4, 2001 Transitions: From Barbara Tweed Estill to Barbara McLendon n May 30, 2001, Barbara Tweed Estill died in her continued her education at Smith College. Upon graduat- O home at 10 Gracie Square. She was 93 and had ing from Smith, she traveled in Europe, then danced for a served as a trustee of the Schepp Foundation since 1938. time with the Isadora Duncan Dancers. She eventually From 1973 on, she was president of the Board. Before returned to live at ‘Gernda,’ the Staten Island estate, to she died, Barbara enthusiastically endorsed the election of care for her aging grandparents and bachelor uncle. And Barbara McLendon to succeed her at the head of the long so began in earnest her life of service to others. table around which the trustees reg- In 1938, she was asked by Miss ularly meet to discuss the state of the Florence Schepp, the only daughter Foundation and award scholarships. of Leopold Schepp and a longtime Barbara Banning was born in friend of the family, to become a New York City on March 8, 1907, trustee of the Foundation. As the the daughter of Kendall Banning, a years passed, Barbara married poet, writer and editor, and Hedwig Harrison Tweed, a New York lawyer, von Briesen Banning. When she was raised their daughter, Barbette, and two, her mother died and Barbara became involved with other welfare was sent to live with her maternal organizations such as the Federation grandparents, who divided their time of Protestant Welfare Agencies, the between an apartment in Manhattan Big Sisters, the Women’s City Club, and an estate on Staten Island, near and the Elder Craftsmen. But her the present site of the Verrazano work for the Schepp Foundation was Bridge. Her grandfather, Arthur von Barbara McLendon and Amy Hunt, always the dearest to her heart. granddaughter of Barbara Tweed Briesen, was a lawyer who had Estill (and the Foundation’s During her long tenure as trustee founded the Legal Aid Society and at office assistant). and President, much changed in the an early age, Barbara was intro- world of higher education and under duced to the idea that one has a responsibility to others Barbara’s wise and able leadership, the Foundation was less fortunate than oneself. It was an idea that was to able to evolve to accommodate those changes. Much shape and motivate her entire life. changed in Barbara’s personal life as well. Her daughter Childhood summers were spent in Walpole, New married, moved to Los Angeles, and had three children. Hampshire, in the big colonial house of her paternal Harrison Tweed died and, at the age of 70, Barbara mar- grandmother, Mrs. William C. Banning. After attending ried Holland Estill, a fund raiser for charitable organiza- the Brearly and St. Agatha’s schools in New York, Barbara tions, who died in 1987. INSIDE: Remembrances of Barbara Tweed Estill • Notes From the 75th Anniversary Party • Interview with Barbara McLendon • Letters • Ed Linville Memorial • Scholars’ Condolences to NYC SCHEPP CONNECTIONS Advancing age in no way dimin- in Manhattan and at her summer deeply about life and how best to ished Barbara’s abilities. Up to the house in Montauk, high on the cliffs live it and death and how best to age of 91, she remained very much overlooking the Atlantic. But when face it. In the end, those of us she left at the helm of the Foundation and death came, Barbara was ready for behind can say with certainty that continued to live independently both it. During her 93 years, she thought Barbara lived well—and died well. n Fond Memories and a Lasting Legacy: Three Remembrances of Barbara Tweed Estill DELIVERED AT HER MEMORIAL SERVICE, JUNE 14, 2001 ust a short time before coming Jhere I told Mr. Barrett, our vice president, that I found the letter he had read to the trustees of the Leopold Schepp Foundation on October 11th, only eight months ago. Barbara had handwritten it and the writing was clear and strong. Dear Trustees: It is with a sad heart that I must resign as President of the Leopold Schepp Foundation. Due to a disabling stroke I am unable to function normally or to give the Foundation the attention nec- essary. I joined the Board in 1938 and have been blessed by the interest of the Board members and their dedi- cation. I have worked with four exec- utive directors, selected Edythe Bobrow, the very best, and know she will serve as long as she can and keep everything and everybody in good order. With best wishes to all. —Barbara Tweed Estill Well, she did serve as long as she Barbara Banning Tweed Estill, at her ‘aunt’ Florence Schepp’s home in could and kept everything and every- Nantucket, circa 1925, the year the Foundation was started. body in good order. SCHEPP CONNECTIONS The first time I met Barbara was believe Barbara learned and loved the Times editorials, the presidency (hers when I was in the process of inter- role, expanding it into a mature and that of the incumbent in the White viewing for the position of executive “woman to woman” experience. She House) scientific research and the cost secretary of the Leopold Schepp set aside the blocks of time needed for of higher education. We were able to Foundation. That was 25 years ago. It those visits to Barbette and her family in laugh and often marvel at choices was a dark and stormy day and I was California and, in return and more fre- made by children and grandchildren— pretty damp by the time I got to 10 quently, the visits from Barbette and her not all did she or I necessarily agree Gracie Square. It didn’t take me long husband, Peter. It was very clear to me with. That included political views and to figure out that prior interviews I had that she was able to leave this world in social inclinations. with the executive secretary and three peace because she knew Barbette Our conversations stopped only a trustees were meaningful but not con- was right there, with her when it was few weeks ago and I miss them. clusive. Although Barbara always time to do just that. —Edythe Bobrow insisted that decisions were made by As I was gathering my thoughts consensus it was evident to me who together in preparation for today, I the consensus builder, mover and received a phone call from Mrs. From The Book of Proverbs shaker really was. If you were a bridge Wallach, the former director of the VERSE 31 player you might say she lead from Jewish Foundation for the Education of strength. I believe she truly earned the Women. She had read the sad news A woman of valour who can find? designation “civic leader,” given by the and wanted to tell the family and the For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband does New York Times last week. The trustees how fondly she remembered safely trust in her Schepp Foundation, The Women’s City her earlier meetings with Barbara and And he has no lack of gain Club, The Protestant Welfare Agency, with her own president, Hazel She does him good and not evil The Elder Craftsman, The Big Sisters, Seligman Goldmark, sister of Eustace All the days of her life. The Committee on Modern Courts— Seligman, a contemporary of Harrison She considers a field, and buys it; all constituted a part of her life. Tweed. Hazel and Barbara had been With the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She didn’t take those roles lightly, friends over many years. Mrs. She stretches out her hand to the either. As president of the Schepp Wallach commented on the numerous poor; Foundation she insisted that every civic responsibilities Barbara had Yea she reaches forth her hands to meeting be preceded by a “tech assumed and how each impacted so the needy. rehearsal,” invoking her son-in-law positively on the social institutions in Strength and dignity are her Peter’s method of a theatrical run this city. Barbara’s history is indeed clothing; through. So we wrote out the script, well etched in a collective memory. And she laughs at the time to come. rewrote it and ran through it and in I had a remarkable relationship She opens her mouth with wisdom; 25 years we both came away from with Barbara. She was there as a And the law of kindness is on her our meetings satisfied that we had leader, a teacher and a friend. She tongue. covered all the bases. came to the hospital when my husband She looks well to the ways of her Barbara had many remarkable was stricken, she encouraged him in household, experiences in her life but perhaps the his recovery and they often shared bits And she eats not the bread of her idleness. most meaningful was that of mother to of German conversation and transla- Her children rise up, and call her Barbette. Perhaps, because she missed tion. When it became too difficult for blessed; her own mother who died when Barbara to visit the Foundation, we Many daughters have done Barbara was a child, the role of mother had long and energetic telephone con- valiantly, held more curiosity, more challenge. I versations covering the New York But thou excels them all. SCHEPP CONNECTIONS can only speak of Barbara will be something I shall forever Barbara’s husband, Harrison Tweed. At I Banning Tweed in very personal remember.
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