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Marilyn Quinto passed away on April 30, 2001. She was 78. Marilyn graduated from the College of William and Mary and later served on its Board of Trustees. She began her career in New York at the Freedom House, then became the Director of Mass Communications for the National Conference of Christians and Jews. In 1952, she became a television producer for NBC, where she won radio and television's highest honor, the Peabody Award.
In 1950, Marilyn married Henry Quinto. They moved to Tucson with their two children in 1962. In Tucson, she became very involved in equestrian activities and held many volunteer positions. Marilyn was a member of the Mayor's Sign Code Committee, the Arizona Town Hall, the Tucson Committee on Foreign Relations, the Board of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, and the Tucson Dressage Club.
Marilyn will be remembered for her courage, including sacrificing her editorship of her college newspaper for publishing an article advocating integration in 1945, learning to fly seaplanes, conducting anthropological studies alone in Cape Verde, and riding horseback across Mongolia.
She is survived by her son, David; her daughter, Elizabeth; and grandchildren, Gareth, Emma and Carys Stamp.
Donations may be made to the Tucson Urban League for the Henry Quinto Early Learning Center, 2305 S. Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85713.
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