Fred Harvey's Great Grandson, Byron - An Obituary

Byron S. Harvey, III, age 73, of Boston, MA, formerly of Chicago, died December
20, of a heart attack. Husband of Joy (Colby); father of Charles Harvey,
MD of Bourbonnais, IL and Grosse Pointe, MI, Richard Harvey of London,
England, Katherine Harvey of Somerville, MA, Henry Harvey of Brooklyn, NY,
and Stephen Harvey of Chicago, IL and New York, NY; Brother of Helen
Harvey Mills and Julian W. Harvey, both of Chicago, IL. He is also
survived by seven grandchildren. Graduate of The Latin School of Chicago,
Andover, and the University of Chicago ('54). A noted collector and
scholar of Native American art and culture, Byron was responsible for
donations to museums, libraries, and cultural centers throughout the U.S.,
including the gift to the Field Museum while in his youth of an important
group of Hopi kachina dolls. His major legacy was the gift of over 2,000
objects to the Heard Museum in Phoenix, AZ, where he also arranged for the
donation of the major collection of Native art formed by the Fred Harvey
Company, founded by his great-grandfather. In recent years he was an
active volunteer and donor to Boston-area museums. A Memorial Service and
interment took place on Saturday, January 21, at Rosehill
Cemetery and Chapel, 5800 North Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL. Donations in his memory may be made to the Mount Pleasant Home, 301 South Huntington Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130,
617-522-7600, www.mountpleasanthome.org.

- from Jim McPherson of the Arizona Preservation
Published in the Chicago Tribune on 1/1/2006.