Kathryn Wasserman Davis
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Kathryn Wasserman Davis (born February 25, 1907) is an American
United States
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 philanthropist and the widow of businessman Shelby Cullom Davis
Shelby Cullom Davis
Shelby Cullom Davis was an American investment banker, philanthropist, and former United States Ambassador to Switzerland hailing from the state of New York...

, who was the United States Ambassador to Switzerland
Switzerland
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 from 1969-74. Her husband died in 1994. During her life, Davis worked for the Council on Foreign Relations, and authored The Soviets at Geneva: The USSR and the League of Nations, 1919-1933.

The Davis Projects for Peace

Upon her 100th birthday in 2007, Davis committed $1,000,000 to fund one hundred $10,000 projects for peace. Also in 2007, she and her son, Princeton Trustee Shelby M. C. Davis, gave a $5 million gift to create an endowment for Princeton's International Center. The center is now called the Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis ’30 International Center.

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