Leonore Annenberg

Second wife of the late publisher Walter Annenberg

Second wife of publisher Walter Annenberg (d. 2002) inherited half of his $4 billion estate; Annenberg Foundation, Metropolitan Museum of Art got the rest. Walter's father, Moses, made fortune in publishing. Walter inherited small media empire at age 32, added magazines (Seventeen, TV Guide). Sold Triangle Publications to Rupert Murdoch for $3 billion in 1988. Leonore served as U.S. chief of protocol under Reagan. Donated $40 million to the Eisenhower Medical Center in 2007, another $15 million to Washington, D.C. journalism museum; Newseum opened in April. At 28, after a brief marriage to Belden Katleman, the son of a Southern California family that had made its fortune in parking lots and real estate, she married Lewis S. Rosenstiel, 55, the founder of Schenley Industries, the distiller. The marriage ended in divorce. In 1951, she married Mr. Annenberg, who had been divorced from Veronica Dunkelman in 1950. He owned The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Daily News, radio and TV stations, Seventeen magazine and TV Guide, having inherited much of the family business from his father, Moses L. Annenberg. He sold the newspapers in 1969 and the magazines in 1988, when he retired to his philanthropies. Mrs. Annenberg is survived by a sister, Judith Wolf; a daughter from her first marriage, Diane Deshong, of Beverly Hills; a daughter from her second marriage, Elizabeth Kabler, of New York; a stepdaughter, Wallis Annenberg, of Los Angeles; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

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Donor	Common Recipients
Stanley Tate	Michele Bachmann, Richard Burr, Bob Corker, John McCain, Arlen Specter, Heather Wilson, Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Robert Simmons, Jim Talent, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Bill Jones, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Craig J Duchossois	Kit Bond, Richard Burr, Geoffrey C Davis, Charlie Dent, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Peter Roskam, Arlen Specter, Heather Wilson, Rick Santorum, Robert Simmons, Jim Talent, Fred Dalton Thompson, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Tom Campbell, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney
Lanny Griffith	Kit Bond, Richard Burr, Bob Corker, Geoffrey C Davis, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Peter Roskam, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Heather Wilson, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Robert Simmons, Jim Talent, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, John W. Warner III
Ronald Weiser	Christine Todd Whitman, Kit Bond, Richard Burr, Geoffrey C Davis, Charlie Dent, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Heather Wilson, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Robert Simmons, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Jon Kyl, Susan Heintz, Republican National Cmte
Andrew F Barth	Michele Bachmann, Richard Burr, Steve Chabot, Geoffrey C Davis, Charlie Dent, David Timothy Dreier, Jim Gerlach, John McCain, Jim Talent, Fred Dalton Thompson, Michael Huffington, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Bill Jones, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Michael Louis Whalen, Tom Campbell, John G Gard, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, John F Seymour, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Louis DeJoy	Richard Burr, Geoffrey C Davis, Charlie Dent, Elizabeth Dole, Jim Gerlach, John McCain, Heather Wilson, Rick Santorum, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Robert Simmons, Michael E Sodrel, Jim Talent, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Michael Louis Whalen, Chuck Blasdel, IA-01 Congressional Victory Committee, Martha Rainville, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney
James A Patterson	Michele Bachmann, Richard Burr, Steve Chabot, Bob Corker, Geoffrey C Davis, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Jim Talent, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Michael Louis Whalen, John G Gard, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Richard L Thornburgh
Woody Johnson	Kit Bond, Bob Corker, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Rick Santorum, Jim Talent, Strom Thurmond, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld, Jon Kyl, William Emerson Brock III, John W. Warner III
Henry Lea Hillman	Charlie Dent, Jim Gerlach, John McCain, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Rick Santorum, Robert Simmons, Constance A Morella, Jon D Fox, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Stewart J Greenleaf, Big Tent PAC, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, John McCarty, Richard L Thornburgh, National Republican Congressional Cmte, Republican National Cmte, 1990 Republican Senate-House Dinner Cmte
Harlan Crow	Michele Bachmann, Kit Bond, Richard Burr, Jim Gerlach, John McCain, Richard Shelby, Heather Wilson, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Robert Simmons, Michael E Sodrel, Jim Talent, Fred Dalton Thompson, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Michael Louis Whalen, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Republican National Cmte
Alex Spanos	Kit Bond, Bob Corker, Elizabeth Dole, Dianne Feinstein, John McCain, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Jim Talent, Bob Dole, Michael Huffington, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Bill Jones, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Tom Campbell, Sandy Treadwell, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, John F Seymour, National Republican Congressional Cmte, Republican National Cmte
Audrey Butvay Gruss	Richard Burr, Geoffrey C Davis, Charlie Dent, Elizabeth Dole, Jim Gerlach, John McCain, Heather Wilson, Rick Santorum, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Robert Simmons, Michael E Sodrel, Jim Talent, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Michael Louis Whalen, Chuck Blasdel, IA-01 Congressional Victory Committee, Martha Rainville, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld
Mark Isakowitz	Richard Burr, Steve Chabot, Bob Corker, Geoffrey C Davis, John McCain, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Heather Wilson, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Robert Simmons, Michael E Sodrel, Jim Talent, Fred Dalton Thompson, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Big Tent PAC, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld
John M Templeton Jr	Kit Bond, Richard Burr, Charlie Dent, Jim Gerlach, John McCain, Arlen Specter, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Jim Talent, Fred Dalton Thompson, Jon D Fox, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, California Republican Party/V8, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Stewart J Greenleaf, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, Ellen A Harley, John W. Warner III, Richard L Thornburgh
Richard H Kimberly	Kit Bond, Richard Burr, Elizabeth Dole, John McCain, Peter Roskam, Richard Shelby, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Heather Wilson, Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Jim Talent, Fred Dalton Thompson, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Tom Campbell, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, William Emerson Brock III
J Allen Martin	Michele Bachmann, Richard Burr, Steve Chabot, Geoffrey C Davis, David Timothy Dreier, Jim Gerlach, John McCain, Peter Roskam, Heather Wilson, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Robert Simmons, Michael E Sodrel, Jim Talent, Fred Dalton Thompson, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, American Success Political Action Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Ralph W M R Norman Jr, Martha Rainville, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Mitt Romney
Maureen Egan	Christine Todd Whitman, Richard Burr, Geoffrey C Davis, Charlie Dent, Jim Gerlach, John McCain, Peter Roskam, Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Michael E Sodrel, Jim Talent, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, Stewart J Greenleaf, Raymond Meier, Michael Louis Whalen, Chuck Blasdel, Ralph W M R Norman Jr, Martha Rainville, John G Gard, Mitt Romney, Bill Weld
Yousif Ghafari	Geoffrey C Davis, Charlie Dent, Jim Gerlach, Heather Wilson, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Robert Simmons, Michael E Sodrel, Jim Talent, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, Republican Federal Committee of Pennsylvania, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Michael Louis Whalen, Chuck Blasdel, IA-01 Congressional Victory Committee, Martha Rainville, Chris Wakim, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Susan Heintz
George Klein	Bob Corker, Elizabeth Dole, Jim Gerlach, John McCain, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Heather Wilson, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Robert Simmons, Michael E Sodrel, Jim Talent, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, North Carolina Republican Executive Committee, Sandy Treadwell, George H W Bush, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, William Emerson Brock III, Richard L Thornburgh
Robert Mazer	Christine Todd Whitman, Michele Bachmann, Kit Bond, Richard Burr, John McCain, Peter Roskam, Richard Shelby, Arlen Specter, Heather Wilson, Mike DeWine, Rick Santorum, Eugene Clay Shaw Jr, Michael E Sodrel, Jim Talent, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republican Congressional Committee, RNC Republican National State Elections Committee, Mitt Romney, Jon Kyl, William Emerson Brock III, Susan Heintz, Richard L Thornburgh

Types	Person, Business Person
Aliases	Lee Annenberg, Leonore Cohn Annenberg

Leonore Annenberg

Second wife of the late publisher Walter Annenberg

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