Helen Hartley Jenkins

Helen Hartley Jenkins (August 16, 1860 – April 24, 1934) was an American philanthropist who contributed toward creation of health institutions, expansion of universities and supporting social welfare activities.

[1][2][3] Born on August 16, 1860, in New York, NY, Helen Hartley Jenkins was the daughter of Marcellus Hartley, the founder of Union Metallic Cartridge Company which was later merged with Remington Arms company, and his wife Frances Chester White.

She also endowed (1910 and 1921) Marcellus Hartley Chair of Materia Medica of New York University Medical School.

[1] On June 30, 1892, she married George Walker Jenkins who was the president of American Deposit and Loan Company.

Jenkins and Helen Losanitch Frothingham honorary members of the Serbian National Defense Council[7][8] She died on April 24, 1934, in Morristown, New Jersey.