Marriott, Alice
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Birthname | Alice T. Sheets | ||||
born on | 19 October 1907 at 15:30 (= 3:30 PM ) | ||||
Place | Salt Lake City, Utah, 40n46, 111w53 | ||||
Timezone | MST h7w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American entrepreneur and philanthropist, who was married to J. Willard Marriott, founder of the hospitality company Marriott Corp.
She married Marriott in the Salt Lake Temple on 9 June 1927. That year, she worked as a bookkeeper with her husband at a root beer stand they both started. After introducing a Mexican-themed menu, the stand was renamed The Hot Shoppe and several more were opened. Alice and her husband opened their first motel, the Twin Bridges Motor Hotel in Arlington, Virginia, in 1957. This one motel grew into a chain of Marriott hotels.
Alice Marriott provided endowments to educational institutions. She died on 17 May 2000, aged 92.
Events
Source Notes
Birth certificate submitted by Sy Scholfield.
Categories
- Lifestyle : Financial : Philanthropist
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 92)
- Vocation : Business : Clerical/ Secretarial (Bookkeeper)
- Vocation : Business : Entrepreneur