Benjamin Joseph Buttenwieser (October 22, 1900 – December 31, 1991) was an American banker, philanthropist and civic leader in New York.
Buttenwieser, who was fluent in German, was Assistant United States High Commissioner in Occupied Germany for political and economic reconstruction, 1949–51.
She was one of the first women admitted to the City Bar Association of New York and in 1979, became the first chairwoman of the Legal Aid Society.
The couple's activism landed Benjamin Buttenwieser on the master list of Nixon political opponents.
[3] He died age 91 of a heart attack on December 31, 1991, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.