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Siri von Reis
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Siri von Reis in 2011 at the Metropolitan Room in Manhattan
Born
Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis

(1931-02-10)February 10, 1931
Died August 3, 2021(2021-08-03) (aged 90)
Nationality American
Occupation botanist, author, and poet
Spouse(s) Arthur Altschul
(m. 1963; div. 1972)
Children 3, including Serena Altschul

Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis (February 10, 1931 – August 3, 2021) was an American botanist, author and poet of half-Finnish and half-Swedish ancestry. She was also an investigator at the New York Botanical Garden.

Personal life

She was married to Jewish American banker Arthur Goodhart Altschul, a Goldman Sachs Group partner and member of the Lehman banking family. They had three children together, Arthur Jr. (born 1964), Emily Helen (born 1966), and broadcast journalist Serena Altschul (born 1970), before their divorce in 1972.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis Altschul para niños

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