An extraordinary woman: Evelyn H. Lauder (1936-2011)

Evelyn, her husband Leonard and her mother-in-law, Mrs Estée Lauder, in the 1990s

Lauder Family picture at Palm Beach, 1972.

When the Estée Lauder began creative work on what would become Clinique in 1968, Mrs. Evelyn Lauder created the name. She became the first to wear the now ubiquitous Clinique white lab coat after she was named the brand’s first Training Director. Evelyn Lauder at a Clinique Sales Conference in 2010.

Mrs. Lauder was perhaps best known to the public for her work in bringing global awareness to women’s health, a passion that stemmed from a personal experience with early stage breast cancer. In 1992, she co-created the Pink Ribbon, now recognized as the worldwide symbol of breast health, and launched the Estée Lauder Companies Breast Cancer Awareness (BCA) Campaign (www.bcacampaign.com). Each year, the BCA Campaign raises funds through its brands, employees, and retail partners around the world to help support breast cancer research. Mrs. Lauder founded The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) in 1993 to provide crucial funds to breast cancer medical and scientific researchers around the world. BCRF (www.bcrfcure.org) has raised more than US$350 million and supports 186 researchers globally. Pictured: Evelyn Lauder and Alexandra Penney spreading awareness about Breast Cancer

Evelyn Lauder and the Pink Ribbon

ELC President and CEO Fabrizio Freda, Elizabeth Hurley, Evelyn Lauder and ELC Executive Chairman William Lauder

Evelyn Lauder and Elizabeth Hurley at the 2011 Breast Cancer Research Foundation Hot Pink Party

Mrs. Evelyn Lauder was an avid photographer, and her work is represented in many public and private collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, as well as leading medical facilities in the United States and abroad. In October 2002, Harry Abrams, Inc. published An Eye for Beauty, Mrs. Lauder’s second collection of photographs. Her first book of photographs, also from Abrams, The Seasons Observed, was published in September 1994. In September 2011 her works were on display at the Gagosian Gallery in London. Her third book, In Great Taste: Fresh, Simple Recipes for Eating and Living Well, was published in 2006. Pictured: Evelyn Lauder, Leonard Lauder and Liz Hurley at Beaute et Serenite

Evelyn H. Lauder (1936-2011) was an articulate, outspoken dynamo. An astute businesswoman, skilled sportswoman and talented photographer, she was also an ardent activist and philanthropist, and a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. Picture: Evelyn Lauder in the 1960s

Evelyn Lauder Personal Appearance, Beauty Advisors, Macys, San Francisco in 2006

Evelyn H. Lauder (1936-2011) was an articulate, outspoken dynamo. An astute businesswoman, skilled sportswoman and talented photographer, she was also an ardent activist and philanthropist, and a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother.

Evelyn H. Lauder (1936-2011) was an articulate, outspoken dynamo. An astute businesswoman, skilled sportswoman and talented photographer, she was also an ardent activist and philanthropist, and a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother

Evelyn H. Lauder (1936-2011) was an articulate, outspoken dynamo. An astute businesswoman, skilled sportswoman and talented photographer, she was also an ardent activist and philanthropist, and a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother