Son Anthony D. Marshall is an author, former CIA officer and diplomat. From 1969 to
1977, he served as Ambassador to the Malagasy Republic, Trinidad and
Tobago, Kenya, and the Seychelles.
Author of three books.
She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1988 by the
National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
Described her marriage to John Dryden Kuser as "the worst years of my
life".
Features editor of "House & Garden" magazine in the 1940s.
As her father was a high ranking marine, she spent much of her childhood living in China, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and other locations.
Graduated from the Holton-Arms School in Washington (1919).
Awarded the Medal of Freedom, the USA's highest civilian award, by Bill Clinton 1998.
Father-in-law was John Jacob Astor, who perished aboard the RMS Titanic.