Jean R. Yawkey
| Jean Remington Yawkey | |
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Owner of the Boston Red Sox |
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| Birth: |
January 24, 1909 Brooklyn, New York |
| Death: | February 26, 1992 (aged 83) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Ownership: | July 9, 1976 – February 26, 1992 (along with Haywood Sullivan September 30, 1977 – February 26, 1992 and Buddy LeRoux September 30, 1977 – March 31, 1987) |
| Predecessor: | Tom Yawkey |
| Successor: | JRY Trust |
| Championships: | None |
| General Manager(s): |
Dick O'Connell (1976–1977) Haywood Sullivan (1977–1984) Lou Gorman (1984–1992) |
| Manager(s): |
Don Zimmer (1976–1980) Johnny Pesky (1980) Ralph Houk (1981–1984) John McNamara (1985–1988) Joe Morgan (1988–1991) Butch Hobson (1991–1992) |
Jean Remington Yawkey (January 24, 1909 – February 26, 1992) was the wife of Tom Yawkey and owner of the Boston Red Sox from 1976 to her death in 1992.
She was born Jean Hollander in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in Freeport, Long Island, and was a New York City fashion model for ten years before marrying Yawkey in 1944, in Georgetown, South Carolina.
Tom Yawkey became owner and president of the Boston Red Sox in 1933. The family owned and operated the team for 59 years, with Jean Yawkey taking over as the team's president after her husband's death in 1976 and serving in that role until her own passing.
Yawkey was chairwoman of the board of directors of the JRY Corporation, the majority owner and general partner of the Red Sox.
During World War II, Yawkey was active with the Red Cross. She had a long association with the Jimmy Fund/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as a trustee and for a period as chair. She was active in Tara Hall Home and School for Boys in South Carolina, and she was instrumental in the establishment of the Family Inn in Brookline, Massachusetts, a temporary home for families of patients undergoing transplant surgery in Boston-area hospitals. She was also a trustee of Yawkey Foundation I.
Yawkey and the Yawkey Foundations established scholarship funds at Yale University, Boston College, and Boston College High School. She was a supporter of the Jackie Robinson Scholarship Program and supported several other educational institutions to provide minority students and others with scholarship aid.
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