Rachel Mellon Walton

Rachel Mellon Walton (January 8, 1899 – March 2, 2006) was an American philanthropist.

She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the daughter of William Larimer Mellon Sr. (1868-1949), of the banking family, and himself a founder of Gulf Oil. Her mother was Mary "May" Taylor Mellon.

She was educated at the Dobbs Ferry School in Dobbs Ferry, New York. In 1922, she married John Walton, Jr. and together they raised four children at their home in the East End of Pittsburgh.

Rachel Walton was a major benefactor to the arts, music, medicine, education, conservation, and the welfare of women. Among her endowments was major financial support for the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, founded by her brother, Dr. William Larimer Mellon Jr., in Deschapelles, Haiti. She also endowed the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; the Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh; the Carnegie Mellon University Graduate School of Industrial Administration; and the Women's Center and Shelter of Pittsburgh. In the 1970s she donated land to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy for the Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve.

She died at the age of 107 in 2006.

References

* Marylynne Pitz (2007). [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06063/665068-122.stm "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette": Obituary of Rachel Mellon Walton] . Retrieved June 6, 2007.

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