Harriet Stimson Bullitt, Seattle philanthropist and conservationist, dies at 97 (Wenatchee: real estate, home)

[homesinseattle]

Artlcle link here: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...st-dies-at-97/

“Harriet Stimson Bullitt, a renowned Northwest philanthropist, conservationist and founder of the Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort near Leavenworth, and the scion of a prominent family whose legacy includes the creation of King Broadcasting and a foundation that has poured more than $200 million into environmental causes, has died. She was 97.

Denis Hayes, the executive director of the Bullitt Foundation, said Bullitt died early Saturday at her home at the Sleeping Lady resort. She is survived by two children, Wenda O’Reilly and Scott Brewster, and her husband, Alex Voronin.

Coming from a family that made its early fortune in logging and real estate, Bullitt was, in Hayes’ words, “an environmental hero” who later would use that money to protect the Northwest’s old-growth forests, rivers and to champion green urban growth.

“She was calm, reasonable, winsome and logical,” said Hayes, a noted environmentalist and co-founder of Earth Day. “She was never a bull in a china shop. But she knew that these forests needed protecting and she was perfectly comfortable in funding organizations that brought lawsuits to save them. She knew that you either save them, or lose them.”

“She was deeply committed and involved in creating a safe way to dispose of the nuclear waste at Hanford, and in promoting peace,” he said. “She was very vigorous, and lived a life full of firsts.”

According to her family and news accounts, Bullitt had an indomitable personality, and was a savvy businesswoman, trained zoologist, competitive fencer and a flamenco dancer. Along with her siblings Patsy and Stimson — both of whom preceded her in death — she used a family fortune to leave an indelible mark on the Northwest. Her mother in 1947 founded King Broadcasting, which Harriet would later sell to fund the family foundation.”

[rjshae]

It sounds like she led a long, meaningful life. To paraphrase a Greek proverb:

“A society grows great when old [citizens] plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.”

[jabogitlu]

I like to walk by the old Stimson mansion on the corner of Minor & Seneca in First Hill. The family has left a huge mark on this region!

[509]

Originally Posted by jabogitlu

I like to walk by the old Stimson mansion on the corner of Minor & Seneca in First Hill. The family has left a huge mark on this region!

Yes, be we should not speak ill of the recently departed, give it some time.

[pnwguy2]

Daughter of Dorothy Bullit who was influential in bringing tv to Seattle with the first tv station in the Northwest, KING TV, in 1948, but this is about Harriet. Great philanthropist and visionary.

[509]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

Daughter of Dorothy Bullit who was influential in bringing tv to Seattle with the first tv station in the Northwest, KING TV, in 1948, but this is about Harriet. Great philanthropist and visionary.

Maybe...but her husband is Orthodox and lets give 30 days before we start on Harriet. That is all I meant by my comment.



Lots of folks in Leavenworth and the Wenatchee Valley are not fans of her and I got tired of dissing the recently dead.


Orthodox tradition, in respect for her husband, lets give it 30 days.

[homesinseattle]

Originally Posted by 509

Maybe...but her husband is Orthodox and lets give 30 days before we start on Harriet. That is all I meant by my comment.



Lots of folks in Leavenworth and the Wenatchee Valley are not fans of her and I got tired of dissing the recently dead.


Orthodox tradition, in respect for her husband, lets give it 30 days.

509, I looked back through the comments here and don’t see any negative words. The person who said that the family left a “large mark” I think meant that in a philanthropic way.