BARBARA HATHAWAY

1921 - 2023

HATHAWAY--Barbara. Barbara Mallory (Bunny) Hathaway was born on December 22, 1921 in Greenwich, CT. She died at her home in Baltimore, MD on May 12, 2023. Raised in Greenwich, CT and New York City, she was the daughter of Clifford Day Mallory, President and CEO of The Mallory Line, a family shipping concern established in 1816, Director of Operations of the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I, a founder of the American Yacht Racing Union, Commodore of Indian Harbor Yacht Club, and a founder of Mystic Seaport Museum. Mrs. Hathaway's mother was the former Rebecca Willis Sealy of Galveston, TX - the youngest daughter of George Sealy, banker, merchant, cotton baron and owner/president of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad. Bunny attended Rosemary Hall in Greenwich, CT, graduated in 1939 from Chatham Hall in Virginia, and made her debut in New York and Baltimore. She was named by Maury Paul, Hearst Newspaper Syndicates' "Cholly Knickerbocker," as 1939's "Debutante of The Year." At the start of WWII, Bunny moved to Washington, DC where she was employed in the art department of the American Red Cross and was chosen to model the new Red Cross uniform, at the White House, for President and Mrs. Roosevelt. She went on to work for the OSS (precursor to the CIA) and was assigned to the Balkan Desk. On December 22, 1945, Bunny married Captain E. Phillips Hathaway at Saint James Church in New York City. Captain Hathaway, recently returned from the Pacific, was a decorated Marine Aviator, with three air medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Immediately after their wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Hathaway moved to Baltimore, where Mr. Hathaway joined J. William Middendorf, Jr., at his investment advisory firm. Mr. Hathaway died in 2004. Mrs. Hathaway was a passionate amateur gardener who, together with her husband, built a French-inspired house in the Greenspring Valley with extensive gardens. Over the past 70 years, the house and gardens have often been opened for various philanthropic causes. The gardens have been featured in magazines including House & Garden, Southern Accents, and Traditional Home. In 2013, Mrs. Hathaway's gardens were accepted into the Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens. Along with supporting many philanthropic causes in and around Baltimore, in the 1980's Mrs. Hathaway provided, anonymously, the seed money for the "Open Gates Health Center" in Baltimore. A medical facility for the underprivileged, "Open Gates" was named for her grandparent's 1889 Stanford White designed mansion in Galveston, TX. The mansion was donated to the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1979. Throughout the years, Mrs. Hathaway was also instrumental in maintaining the Clifford Day Mallory Cup at what is now called the Regional Sailing Association. Established in 1952 by her mother, Rebecca Sealy Mallory, the point of the cup is to determine an overall champion for the sport of sailing in the United States, regardless of racing class. In March of 2012, Mrs. Hathaway also established a scholarship fund for underserved youth, in honor of her late father, at the New England Science & Sailing Foundation (NESS) in Stonington, CT. Mrs. Hathaway will not only be remembered for her philanthropy but also for her early interest in conservation, her love of animals, and her involvement in the Arts. She is survived by her daughters, Mallory Hathaway of Center Sandwich, NH, Rebecca Hathaway of Millbrook, NY and Sealy Hopkinson, of Laurel Hollow, NY and her son, Phillips Hathaway of Sharon, CT. She is also survived by five grandchildren and five great-grand- children. A service of Thanksgiving for the life of Barbara Mallory Hathaway will be held at St. Thomas' Church, 232 St. Thomas' Lane, Owings Mills, MD at 11am on Thursday, June 15, 2023.