Joan Irvine Smith

1933–2019 (age 86)

Biography

Joan Irvine Smith directed immense resources toward conservation, the arts, and education, ensuring that the Irvine legacy would keep giving long after she inherited it.

She championed cultural institutions and environmental stewardship with equal fervor, always insisting that nature and creativity deserved thoughtful protection, and Fairhaven Memorial Park now honors her enduring work.

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