Marian Ann Borris Javits, sometimes Marion (January 19, 1925[1][2] – February 28, 2017) was an American arts patron.
[3] She had dreams of becoming a Hollywood actress, but instead moved to New York to work as a researcher for the Republican Party.
[3] Later she worked for a public relations firm, Ruder Finn which handled the account of the Iranian national airline during the reign of the last Shah to occupy the throne.
This all transpired while her husband served on the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and with the looming change of regime in Iran and his introduction of certain legislation it became the focus of some acrimony and controversy.
[6] In 1945 she began dating the politician Jacob K. Javits, who was 21 years older, and she became his second wife in 1947.