Enid A. Haupt

Enid Haupt (née Annenberg, formerly Bensinger; May 13, 1906 – October 25, 2005) was an American publisher and philanthropist whose gifts supported horticulture, the arts, architectural and historic preservation, and cancer research.

[2] Haupt was born in Chicago to Sadie Cecilia (née Friedman) and Moses Annenberg, the Jewish founder of a publishing empire based on The Daily Racing Form and The Philadelphia Inquirer.

[1][2] She was tall and thin as a young girl, and resolved to impress her older sisters by memorizing a new word each day.

[1][2][5] She donated the funds for the American Horticultural Society to purchase River Farm, a 27-acre plantation, located near Mount Vernon and once owned by George Washington.

[1][2] She contributed to the garden of Claude Monet in Giverny, France, and to Lady Bird Johnson's National Wildflower Research Center.