Wendy Reves(1916-2007)
Wendy (born Wynnelle) Russell was a well-known New York City print
model when she met Hungarian-born Emery Reves, a writer and newspaper
publisher who had worked closely with Winston Churchill during World
War II, and later published the wartime memoirs of Churchill, Lord
Montgomery and General Dwight D. Eisenhower, among others. After the
war, Reves embarked on a career as a collector of fine art and took
Wendy along with him. In 1952, they purchased the Villa La Pausa in
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin on the Côte d'Azur and furnished it with
magnificent works of fine art. Winston Churchill was a constant and
honored guest, and it was said that one of the attractions that brought
him there was the beauty, charm and Texas wit of Wendy Reves. After
Emery Reves' death, his widow occupied herself with good works,
including establishing the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for
International Studies at the College of William and Mary at
Williamsburg, Virginia and endowing (and furnishing) the Wendy and
Emery Reves Collection of International Art at the Dallas Museum of
Art. She was survived by her son, Arnold L. Schroeder, his wife and
their three children.