Patsy Bullitt Collins

Dorothy Priscilla ("Patsy") Bullitt Collins
Dorothy Priscilla ("Patsy") Bullitt Collins
Born	September 24, 1920; Seattle, Washington
Died	June 24, 2003 (aged 82); Seattle
Nationality	American
Occupation	Chairperson, King Broadcasting Company
Known for	Philanthropy (Bullitt Foundation and others)
Parent(s)	A. Scott Bullitt and Dorothy Bullitt
Relatives	State Senator Josiah Collins; US Solicitor General William Marshall Bullitt

Dorothy Priscilla ("Patsy") Bullitt Collins (1920-2003) was a Seattle philanthropist. Born in Seattle on September 24, 1920 to the wealthy A. Scott Bullitt and Dorothy Bullitt, during her childhood she lived in a 23-room mansion in The Highlands.[1] She graduated from Vassar College in 1942.[2]

She married Josiah Collins VI, son of Seattle politician Josiah Collins, in 1947. Her first husband, Larry Norman, a USAAF navigator, had been killed over Germany or as a POW in 1943.[1]

She was chairperson of King Broadcasting Company, founded by her mother, from 1972 until 1992 when it was sold to The Providence Journal.[2]

After her parents' death, she and her sisters donated $100 million to the Bullitt Foundation for environmental causes, bought classical radio station KING-FM and donated it to the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera and what is now ArtsFund.[1]

She died at her home in First Hill, Seattle, on June 24, 2003.[2] She bequeathed a final $71.5 million to CARE, The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land,[3] among the top 20 largest American charitable donations of the year.[4]

References

Cassandra Tate (July 3, 2003), Collins, Dorothy Priscilla (Patsy) Bullitt (1920-2003), HistoryLink
Media, timber heiress lived simply, gave grandly, The Seattle Times, June 25, 2003, retrieved 2011-01-16
'Amazing' final gift by Collins benefits 3 groups, The Seattle Times, November 18, 2003, retrieved 2011-01-16
The 2003 Slate 60: The 60 Largest American Charitable Contributions of the Year, Compiled by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Slate, February 16, 2004, archived from the original on February 18, 2007, retrieved 2011-01-16

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[historylink-1] Cassandra Tate (July 3, 2003), Collins, Dorothy Priscilla (Patsy) Bullitt (1920-2003), HistoryLink

[timesobit-2] Media, timber heiress lived simply, gave grandly, The Seattle Times, June 25, 2003, retrieved 2011-01-16

[3] 'Amazing' final gift by Collins benefits 3 groups, The Seattle Times, November 18, 2003, retrieved 2011-01-16

[4] The 2003 Slate 60: The 60 Largest American Charitable Contributions of the Year, Compiled by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Slate, February 16, 2004, archived from the original on February 18, 2007, retrieved 2011-01-16