The wife of OceanGate CEO and pilot of the submarine, Stockton Rush, is said to be a descendant of two Titanic passengers who died when the ship sank more than 100 years ago.
The New York Times reported Wendy Rush — who is director of communications at OceanGate — is the great-great-granddaughter of Macy’s co-owner Isidor and his wife Ida Straus, according to People.
Isidor Straus (1845 – 1912), co-owner of the Macy’s department store, and victim, with his wife Ida, of the Titanic disaster, circa 1910. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Ida Straus (1849 – 1912) wife of the co-owner of the Macy’s department store, and victim, with her husband Isidor, of the Titanic disaster, circa 1900. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Wendy is a descendant of one of the Straus’ daughters, Minnie, after she married Dr. Richard Weil — who is Wendy’s great-grandfather — in 1905.
The submarine — of which Stockton...
The New York Times reported Wendy Rush — who is director of communications at OceanGate — is the great-great-granddaughter of Macy’s co-owner Isidor and his wife Ida Straus, according to People.
Isidor Straus (1845 – 1912), co-owner of the Macy’s department store, and victim, with his wife Ida, of the Titanic disaster, circa 1910. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Ida Straus (1849 – 1912) wife of the co-owner of the Macy’s department store, and victim, with her husband Isidor, of the Titanic disaster, circa 1900. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Wendy is a descendant of one of the Straus’ daughters, Minnie, after she married Dr. Richard Weil — who is Wendy’s great-grandfather — in 1905.
The submarine — of which Stockton...
- 6/22/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
With more than half of voting Americans frustrated and upset about Donald Trump‘s presidential win, people are looking for comfort — and many are finding it in food.
Dubbed the “Trump 10” by the Boston Globe, the trend is surfacing in weight loss clinics across the country. Dr. Richard Weil says he has seen it in some of his patients at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Weight Loss Program in New York.
“People are very troubled and stressed and falling back into old habits and eating to calm themselves,” Dr. Weil, M.Ed., Cde and director of the weight loss program,...
Dubbed the “Trump 10” by the Boston Globe, the trend is surfacing in weight loss clinics across the country. Dr. Richard Weil says he has seen it in some of his patients at Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Weight Loss Program in New York.
“People are very troubled and stressed and falling back into old habits and eating to calm themselves,” Dr. Weil, M.Ed., Cde and director of the weight loss program,...
- 11/22/2016
- by Julie Mazziotta
- PEOPLE.com
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