Myra Kraft

Myra Kraft
Myra Nathalie Kraft
Born December 27, 1942(1942-12-27)
Worcester, Massachusetts
Died July 20, 2011(2011-07-20) (aged 68)
Brookline, Massachusetts
Spouse Robert Kraft

Myra Nathalie Hiatt Kraft (December 27, 1942 – July 20, 2011[1]) was an American philanthropist. She was the daughter of the late Worcester philanthropist Jacob Hiatt and wife of New England Patriots and New England Revolution owner Robert Kraft.

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, she was a 1964 graduate of Brandeis University. Kraft was listed by Boston magazine as one of the 20 Most Powerful Women in Boston,[2] She was president and director of the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation and trustee of the Robert K. and Myra H. Kraft Foundation. She served on the boards of directors of the American Repertory Theatre, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Northeastern University, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, and Brandeis University.[2]

She and her husband donated millions of dollars to the Kraft Stadium to promote American football in Jerusalem.[2] She was known to have intervened in the operations of her husband's teams only once, when shortly after the 1996 NFL Draft, she learned that the Patriots' fifth-round choice, Christian Peter of Nebraska, had a lengthy history of violence against women. At Myra's insistence, the Patriots relinquished Peter's rights only a week after the draft.[3]

The International Herald Tribune credited Myra Kraft with “modeling a new form of engaged giving that is transforming the relationship between philanthropist and philanthropy,”[4] and the Boston Globe stated she was "forging a whole new form of engaged giving.”[4]

Death

Myra Kraft died from cancer on July 20, 2011, aged 68.[5]

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