Biography
Peter Borie was a member of Nightingale's Board of Trustees for 17 years, from 1960 to 1977, and served in roles including treasurer, Vice President, and Executive Committee member. Mr. Borie was an attorney at the law firm Cravath, Swaine and Moore until 1951, when he joined the legal department of Pepsi Cola. He later served as vice president there before retiring in 1971. Mr. Borie served as legal counsel to the Nightingale-Bamford School at various times.
Mr. Borie married his first wife, Bettina Rhett Borie '32 (a/k/a Charlotte Elizabeth Borie) in 1941. Bettina was Miss Nightingale's niece, and their two children, Edith Borie '60 and Ellen Douglas Borie (also known as Lendy) '62, graduated from Nightingale-Bamford School. Bettina passed away in 1960 and Lendy in 1972. In 1969, the school's science laboratories were named the Bettina Rhett Borie Laboratories in honor of the Borie family.
Mr. Borie's second wife, Mary Stacy Lakin Hoffman Borie, passed away in 1994.
Peter Borie died in Philadelphia in 2002.
See Nightingale Newsletter, June 1977 article regarding retirement from the Board; Spectator, Summer 1969 regarding laboratory naming; Nightingale-Bamford School magazine, Winter/Spring 1995 for Mary Stacy Lakin. Sources also include Peter Borie's obituary at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117800074/peter-borie, accessed Feb. 23, 2022.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Item — Box: 06005
Identifier: 006 005 000 17 0006
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From the Sub-Series:
Headmistress Reports include two kinds of reports created by Joan McMenamin as head of the school: reports to the Board of Trustees and nonpublic school attendance reports. Reports from the Headmistress to the Board of Trustees are delivered at Board meetings and report on the day to day issues and events at Nightingale. Reports in this subseries are accompanied by reports from the Board President and Treasurer. Access to these records is restricted, see [_____] for specific...
Dates:
1976
Sub-Group
Identifier: RG04_SG001
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From the Record Group:
In 1984, based on a determination that Nightingale's archives were inadequate in revealing the school's history, Head of School Joan McMenamin and the Alumnae Association initiated an oral history project. Alumna Marea Adams '74 conducted interviews of former faculty and staff, heads of school, trustees, parents, and alumnae (some interviewees represent more than one of these roles). This project continued through 1986. Some oral histories pre-date the project; there are also several oral...
Dates:
c. 1965 - 2001
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: B01118_F06
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From the Record Group:
In 1984, based on a determination that Nightingale's archives were inadequate in revealing the school's history, Head of School Joan McMenamin and the Alumnae Association initiated an oral history project. Alumna Marea Adams '74 conducted interviews of former faculty and staff, heads of school, trustees, parents, and alumnae (some interviewees represent more than one of these roles). This project continued through 1986. Some oral histories pre-date the project; there are also several oral...
Dates:
1986 Feb 13
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 001 004 000 02 0020
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From the Record Group:
In 1984, based on a determination that Nightingale's archives were inadequate in revealing the school's history, Head of School Joan McMenamin and the Alumnae Association initiated an oral history project. Alumna Marea Adams '74 conducted interviews of former faculty and staff, heads of school, trustees, parents, and alumnae (some interviewees represent more than one of these roles). This project continued through 1986. Some oral histories pre-date the project; there are also several oral...
Dates:
1986 Feb 13
