Ruth Sharp Altshuler
Ruth Sharp Altshuler (1924 - December 8, 2017) was an American philanthropist living in Dallas, Texas. The Dallas Morning News wrote that she helped raise tens of millions of dollars for charity.[1]
Biography
Altshuler grew up in a mansion with her two brothers and parents in Dallas.[2] She graduated from the Woodrow Wilson High School and spent her summers at an exclusive girls' camp in Texas Hill Country.[2] She attended Southern Methodist University where she met her husband, a Navy pilot, when she was a junior.[2] They were married, but her first husband died in combat during World War II.[2] Altshuler started working at Dallas Love Field and met her second husband, Charles Sharp, who she married in 1947.[2] Altshuler had three children and later joined the Junior League.[2] In the Junior League, she saw people who were in need and she began to volunteer.[2] Altshuler was inspired to do philanthropy because of her parents and also because of the ideas of Albert Schweitzer.[3]
Altshuler helped form the Tocqueville Society in 1986 when she asked more than 100 friends to help her support the United Way.[4] She and her friends raised $1 and then formed the Tocqueville Society.[4]
In 2008, the Smithsonian Institution's Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars gave Altshuler their Award for Public Service.[5]
In 2013, she was in charge of the event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.[2]
Her memorial service was held on December 14 at the Highland Park Methodist Church.[1]
References
- ^ a b Haber, Holly (2017-12-17). "Ruth Altshuler's contributions to Dallas are hard to measure — or exaggerate". Dallas News. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h Ramirez, Marc (2017-12-09). "Ruth Altshuler, a pillar of charitable and civic efforts in Dallas, dies at 93". Dallas News. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Hunter, Glenn (14 October 2015). "Dallas Icons Recall Decades of Philanthropic and Civic Involvement". D Magazine. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b Hall, Cheryl (2017-09-05). "Sisters in secrecy cook up $7M surprise for legendary Dallas do-gooder Ruth Altshuler". Dallas News. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Awards". Chronicle of Philanthropy. 20 (23): 39. 18 September 2008 – via EBSCOhost.
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