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.

Enid Haupt (left) with Lady Bird Johnson at the Smithsonian Institution , 1988