Blaine Trump

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Martha Lindley Blaine Trump (née Beard; born 1957) is an American socialite and philanthropist. For 29 years she was the wife of real-estate heir Robert Trump.[1]

Early life and education[]

Blaine Trump was born Martha Lindley Blaine Beard, and grew up in South Carolina, Florida and Alabama. Her father, Joseph Beard, was a top executive at IBM.[2] Blaine and her family moved to Yokohama due to her father's job when she was ten. There, she attended the International School of the Sacred Heart.[2] She later graduated from the American School of Paris in Louveciennes. She attended Bennett College in Millbrook, New York, and then[3] the University of Tokyo before dropping out to marry Peter Retchin.[4]

Career[]

Trump has been a fundraiser for various organizations. As of 2019, she was vice chair of the board of directors at God's Love We Deliver, a nonprofit that delivers meals to people with severe illnesses in New York City. The charity was started in 1985 at the height of a health crisis, when in the AIDS pandemic many homebound individuals living with HIV/AIDS were living alone facing stigma, isolation, illness, and hunger.[5] Trump is also a trustee of the American Ballet Theatre.[6]

In 1998, Trump received the Marietta Tree Award for public service from the New York City citizens' committee.

Personal life[]

Blaine Trump has been married and divorced twice. First she was briefly married to Peter Retchin, with whom she had a child in 1978, Christopher Hollister who is a real estate executive.[4][7]

In 1980 she married Robert Trump, who worked in his property-developer family firm Trump Organization and they were together for 29 years, from 1980 to 2009.[8] In October 2004, Blaine overdosed on pills and was hospitalized at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York after she learned her husband had bought a $3.7 million house on Long Island for his secretary for many years and girlfriend, Ann Marie Pallan.[9] They were involved in a lengthy divorce battle, the divorce was filed in 2007, went to court in 2008, and they reached a secret settlement in 2010.[10][11][1] Robert Trump married his girlfriend Ann Marie Pallan in 2020 and died the same year.[12]

In 2012, Blaine Trump put her $17.5 million mansion in Millbrook, New York, up for sale.[13]

In 2017, Blaine Trump and her life partner Steve Simon attended President Donald Trump's inauguration ball in Washington.[14][15]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Gregorian, Dareh (December 2, 2008). "Big Bucks at Stake in Another Trump Divorce". New York Post. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Schiro, Anne-Marie (October 28, 1987). "The Winning Ways of Blaine Trump". The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "Clipped From The Orlando Sentinel". Orlando Sentinel. August 28, 1966. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Blaine Trump: Socialite". People. Vol. 49, no. 18. May 11, 1998. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  5. ^ God’s Love We Deliver: Proudly Making a Difference, One Meal at a Time, since 1985
  6. ^ "Board of Governing Trustees". American Ballet Theatre. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  7. ^ "Raina Dieterle, Christopher Trump-Retchin". The New York Times. June 10, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  8. ^ Karni, Annie (2020-08-15). "Robert S. Trump, the President's Younger Brother, Dies at 71". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  9. ^ Ann Marie Pallan: Who is Robert Trump's wife?
  10. ^ Rosenblum, Emma (December 8, 2007). "Divorce, Park Avenue Style". New York. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  11. ^ Who was Robert Trump? What to know about President Trump’s younger brother
  12. ^ "Robert Trump marries girlfriend Ann Marie Pallan". Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  13. ^ Bear, Rob (June 22, 2012). "The Oh-So-Very Un-Trump Mansion of Socialite Blaine Trump". Curbed. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  14. ^ Goldfarb, Brad (December 19, 2016). "Socialite Blaine Trump's Home in Manhattan". Architectural Digest. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  15. ^ Barsamian, Edward (January 21, 2017). "Inside the 2017 Inauguration Day and Ball Ceremonies With Blaine Trump". Vogue. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

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