08/29/2026
Noted passings…
American foreign policy specialist Nancy Maginnes Kissinger was a 1951 graduate of the Masters School, returning to teach there for several years. She died on August 20, 2026.
Born in Manhattan in 1934, she grew up in White Plains. She graduated from Mt. Holyoke with a bachelor’s in history in 1955.
She served as a policy aide to New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller.
In 1974, she married former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger.
Bernice Friedman Gottlieb, an early advocate of transracial adoption, died on August 25, 2026.
Born in Brooklyn in 1931, she married architect Ferdinand Gottlieb in 1953, and later they would make Dobbs Ferry their home.
In 1969, the Gottliebs adopted a Korean orphan, being one of the first American couples of non- Asian heritage to do so. Bernice would remain actively involved in the adoption movement until 1980.
For more than 20 years she was the principal of Hudson Shores Realtors in Irvington.
She wrote several books including one on adoption and several murder mysteries that took place in the Rivertowns.
Photos:
Nancy Maginnes - 1951 Masterpieces, Masters School yearbook,
Bernice Gottlieb - Wikipedia
