1979 – New York City & Palm Beach, Florida
Mildred “Brownie” McLean is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hudson Brown, descendants of the first settlers of Virginia and she is the widow of John R. McLean II. Mrs. McLean has participated in Hospitality Committee programs for the United Nations. She was the chairman of the Restoration Ball which helped restore the Flagler home to a museum in Palm Beach. Among her many other achievements are: advisory chairman of the Palm Beach Academy, project Hope–First Charity Ball in Freeport–1963, chairman for three years for cancer benefit in Palm Beach, American Hospital Gala in Paris and the Palm Beach Animal Rescue League. She was Florida chairman for Bob Hope’s Salute to Eisenhower, co-chairman for the Florida dinner for Gerald Ford, on the advisory board of Denver Diabetic Hospital, international chairman of the Carousel Ball in Denver, chairman of the first annual Forget-Me-Not Ball in London to benefit the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Lifeboat Institution and Northwood, the general chairman of the American French Foundation’s April-in-Paris Ball in new York and Paris for many years and has been special assistant for International Affairs for Northwood’s Women’s Board. Mrs. McLean is a believer in the Northwood philosophy and an avid promoter of Nothwood both nationally and internationally.
