The Orbis International DC-10 converted to a "state of the art" eye hospital provides care for surgically correctable eye disease.
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Her contributions included the establishment of the Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers of Houston Grand Opera, patronage for Orbis International, and, together with her second husband, an important role in the development of Baylor College of Medicine.
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Talented and good looking, she attracted the attention of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and they married in 1941.
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Her vocal and performing skills led to enrollment in Florida Southern College where she focused on theatrical and voice skills.
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Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum (c. 1908 – August 12, 2002) was an independent woman of means who was married to two important American men, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and Leonard "Mac" McCollum.
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Her later years were consumed with raising funds for a historic restoration, the Heritage Center Museum, in Plymouth, Ohio, the Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers Concert of Arias, and a continuation of fund raising for Orbis International initiated by her husband.
Eleanor Searle Whitney McCollum, the spouse of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and founder of the Heritage Center Museum, and the Searle House Bed and Breakfast, a memorial to her mother and father
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