Evelyn (Edison) Newman
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Evelyn (Edison) Newman (July 25, 1920 – September 1, 2015) was an American philanthropist known for her fundraising and charitable contributions to the city of St. Louis, Missouri, including Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House at Faust County Park, Forest Park Forever, Forest Park Conservancy. She and her husband Eric P. Newman established the Eric P. Newman Education Center at the Washington University School of Medicine and the Newman Money Museum at Washington University's Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
Evelyn Edison was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She moved to St. Louis, Missouri, when the family shoe business, Edison Brothers Inc., relocated. She graduated from John Burroughs School in 1937, and attended Goucher College in Baltimore, but later transferred to Washington University in St Louis. On November 29, 1939, she married the American numismatist Eric P. Newman.[1]
Career
Newman began her retail experience working for the May Department Stores Co. She then joined Edison Brothers Stores working as a buyer and later developer of retail concepts. In the late 1940s, Edison Brothers was the largest chain of women's shoe stores in the country.[1]
In 1982, she established the Evelyn E. Newman Group, which helped to bring business expertise and sensible business practices to not-for-profit organizations.
