| Intro | American botanist and writer | ||||
| A.K.A. | Altschul | ||||
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Scientist Botanist Writer |
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| From | United States of America | ||||
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Literature Science |
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| Gender | female | ||||
| Birth | 10 February 1931 | ||||
| Age: | 89 years | ||||
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Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis (born February 10, 1931) is an American botanist, author and poet. She is of half-Finnish and half-Swedish ancestry. She has worked as an investigator at the New York Botanical Garden.
Personal life
She was married to Jewish American banker Arthur Goodhart Altschul (1920 – 2002) who was a Goldman Sachs Group partner and member of the Lehman banking family. They divorced in 1972. They had three children:
- Arthur Altschul, Jr. (born 1964); in 2013, he became engaged to Palestinian newscaster Rula Jebreal
- Emily Helen Altschul (born 1966); in November 2002, she married John Miller (journalist), former host of 20/20, the weekly news magazine on ABC, in Manhattan.
- Serena Altschul (born 1970) is an American broadcast journalist, at MTV News.
- New York Times: “Arthur G. Altschul, 81, Banker, Art Collector and Philanthropist” By ERIC PACE March 20, 2002
- New York Post: “Arthur Altschul, Jr. engaged to Rula Jebreal” May 2, 2013
- New York Times: “WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Emily Altschul, John Miller” November 24, 2002