Katherine U. Warren

{{Userspace draft|help=no|date=September 2019}} Katherine U. Warren (née Urquhart, 1897-April 18, 1976) was a co-founder and first president of the Preservation Society of Newport in Newport, Rhode Island. She was posthumously inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1981.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.riheritagehalloffame.org/inductees_detail.cfm?crit=det&iid=178|title=Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame: Katherine U. Warren, Inducted 1981|website=www.riheritagehalloffame.org|access-date=2019-09-20}}</ref>

Warren was born in Oakland, California in 1897. She was educated at the Spence School in New York City. She married George Warren in 1919. She and her husband founded the Preservation Society of Newport County to save Hunter House from demolition. She received a Legion of Honour|Cross of Knight Légion d'Honneur for her work on the Rochambeau Festival in 1954. The efforts of the Preservation Society of Newport lead former United States First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Kennedy, to appoint Warren to the committee to White House#Jacqueline Kennedy restoration|restore the White House in 1961. <ref name=":1">{{cite-news|title=Preservation unit founder dies at 79|newspaper=Providence Journal|date=20 April 1976|page=54|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2:14728889532D3B69@EANX-NB-164D6A09D47710A6@2442889-164BB597EB5D8A1C@53-164BB597EB5D8A1C@|url-access=subscription|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref>

In addition to her work with the Newport Preservation Society, Warren served on the boards of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the Newport Music Festival.<ref name=":1" />

Awards

1955, Woman of the Year, Newport County Chamber of Commerce <ref name=":1" /><br>

1955, Cross of Knight, Légion d'Honneur <ref name=":1" /><br>

1972, Honorary Doctorate, Salve Regina <ref name=":1" /><br>

1976, Louise Evalina du Pont Crowninshield Award, National Trust for Historic Preservation <ref>{{cite news|title=Preservation Society, Founder are Honored|newspaper=Providence Journal|date=31 October 1976|page=37|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=image/v2:14728889532D3B69@EANX-NB-164BE750F4774332@2443083-164BE309358D47F6@36-164BE309358D47F6@|url-access=subscription|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref><br>

1981, Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame<ref name=":0" />

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