Dolly Green
| Dorothy Wellburn Green | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1906 |
| Died | 1990 |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery |
| Education | Marlborough School |
| Occupation | Philanthropist, thoroughbred breeder |
| Parent(s) |
Burton E. Green Lillian (Wellburn) Green |
| Relatives | Olin Wellborn (maternal grandfather) |
Dolly Green (1906–1990) was an American heiress, philanthropist and thoroughbred owner.
Early life
Dorothy Wellborn Green was born in 1906 to Burton E. Green (1868-1965), oilman and co-founder of Beverly Hills, California, and Lillian Wellborn.[1][2][3] Her maternal grandfather was Judge Olin Wellborn (1848-1921).[3] In 1979, she inherited part of the $3.6-billion sale of her father's Belridge Oil Company to Shell Oil Co..[1] She graduated from the Marlborough School.[1] She later served on the Board of Trustees of the Burton E. Green Foundation.[1]
Thoroughbreds and philanthropy
Green spent US$2.2 million for five yearlings at a horse sale at the Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky in 1980.[1] Later, she owned seventy-four thoroughbreds. In 1984, she established the Dolly Green Equine Research Lab of the Southern California Equine Foundation at the Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California.[1] In 1986, her horse Brave Raj won the US$1 million-Breeders' Cup race for juvenile fillies and was voted the American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly at the Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.[1] The Dolly Green Research Foundation, affiliated with the Southern California Equine Foundation, ranks as the second largest private foundation dedicated to research on equine health issues.[4] She socialized with Leslie Combs II, owner of Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.[5]
Green started the Dolly Green Scholars Award at UCLA's Jules Stein Eye Institute.[1] She was a former member of the Los Angeles Junior League and the Advisory Board of the Los Angeles Orphanage Guild.[1]
Personal life and death
Green resided in Bel Air, Los Angeles.[1] She was a billionaire, and one of the richest people in California.[1][5] She died in 1990, and she was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Myrna Oliver, Philanthropist 'Dolly' Green; Heiress Owned Thoroughbreds, The Los Angeles Times, September 05, 1990
- 1 2 FindAGrave
- 1 2 Marc Wanamaker, Early Beverly Hills, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2005, pp. 17-18
- ↑ Dolly Green Research Foundation
- 1 2 Anne Hagedorn Auerbach, Wild Ride: The Rise and Fall of Calumet Farm Inc., America's Premier Racing Dynasty, New York City: Macmillan Publishers, 2010, p. 109 [books.google.fr/books?id=sRicsIpQ7AoC&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq="dolly+green"+heiress&source=bl&ots=-UHap5ekHo&sig=Xp4AjRyPX3WJxZ7kjmUYZsMUXsU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nONqUavGA4y2hAfd7oHIBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q="dolly green" heiress&f=false]