Madeleine Conway

1937 - 2024

Madeleine Conway
August 4, 1937 - November 11, 2024
Madeleine Ann Ruth Adler Conway, aged 87, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 11, at her home in Greenwich, Connecticut. She was born on August 4, 1937, in Breda, Holland to Dr. Hans and Else Adler. She moved to Great Neck, New York in 1940 and was a 1955 graduate of Great Neck North High School, a 1959 graduate of Bryn Mawr College, and a 1961 graduate of the School of International Affairs at Columbia University. She married Paul E. Conway (deceased) on August 4, 1963 at the Dolder Grand in Zurich, Switzerland and married Stanley Rubenfeld (deceased) in 2001. She later enjoyed the company of Victor Rubino (deceased) of Portchester, New York. She was prominent in the art word helping artists launch careers in the 1970's in NYC. Madeleine was most known for authoring The Museum of Modern Art Artists' Cookbook (1978) with fellow author Nancy Kirk and the book, Gourmet to Go: The New York Guide to Dining Out at Home (1982) with fellow author Lydia Moss. She is a Trustee Emeritus of The Perez Art Museum in Miami, Florida and was a Founding Board member. Her family, art, reading and travel were her biggest passions. She is survived by her son Andrew Conway and wife Jill and their children Jonathan and Steven, her daughter Victoria Newman and her children Lia and Kylie, her daughter Alexandra Conway Marks and her husband Steven and their children William, Sophie and Charlie as well as two sisters, Dorothy Bennett (Richard) and Jacqueline Walker.(Arthur). For those who wish to honor Madeleine's memory, donations can be made to the Colorectal Research Foundation at MSK/Attn: Dr. Lagunes Reidy or by contacting Emma Heald at eheald@pamm.org at the Perez Art Museum.