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Nedenia Colgate Rumbough

Nedenia Colgate Rumbough was born on September 30, 1952 in New York City, New York County, New York United States to Stanley Maddox Rumbough Jr and Dina Merrill, and has siblings Stanley Hutton Rumbough and David Post Rumbough.

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Nedenia Colgate Rumbough's History: 1952

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Introduction

Nedenia Colgate Rumbough, known as Nina, was the daughter of Stanley M Rumbough, who was an industrialist and the heir to the Colgate fortune, born 1920, and Nedenia Marjorie "Dina" (Hutton) Merrill (1923 - 2017, an actress, heiress, and philanthropist. She had siblings Stanley and David and half sibling Heather Merriweather Robertson. Nina's mother Dina was the daughter of E. F. Hutton and Marjorie Merriweather Post and her family built and owned Mar-A-Lago before Donald Trump bought it in 1985. Nina is the granddaughter, therefore, of Marjorie Merriweather Post. See Mar-a-Lago History and How Donald Trump bought Mar-A-Lago. Nina married Charles Stiffler Craig, who graduated law school and was the director of corporate development for the Penn Central Corporation in Greenwich, Conn. in 1984.
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September 30, 1952

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New York City, New York County, New York United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

Nina is Caucasian.
Early Life & Education

Nina graduated from the Madeira School and attended the University of Denver and Finch College. The Madeira School is an "elite, private, day and boarding college-preparatory school for girls in McLean, Virginia, United States. It was established in 1906 by Lucy Madeira Wing' per Wikipedia. The average class size is 12. The costas of 2022 is $52,710.00 for boarding students and $39,830.00 for day students. The University of Denver is a private research university in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1864, it is the oldest independent private university in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States. The average cost as of 2022 to attend is #34,000 and the graduation rate is 77%. Finch College in New York City, New York, began as a private secondary school for girls and later developed as a liberal arts college. Finch College closed in 1976.
Religious Beliefs

Nina was married in St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
Professional Career

Nina was the director of the Fifth Avenue Club at Saks Fifth Avenue.
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5 Memories, Stories & Photos about Nedenia

Kathy Pinna

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Nedenia Colgate Rumbough

1970 yearbook photo of Nedenia at Madeira High School, Mclean Virginia.

Date & Place: 1970 in McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia United States

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How Donald Trump bought Mar-A-Lago

Trump ownership (from Wikipedia)

Donald Trump learned about the estate after unsuccessfully trying to purchase and combine two apartments in Palm Beach for his family. He offered the Post family $15 million for it, but they rejected it. Trump purchased the land between Mar-a-Lago and the ocean from Jack C. Massey, the former owner of KFC, for $2 million, stating he intended to build a home that would block Mar-a-Lago's beach view. The threat caused interest in the property to decline, and Trump ended up getting the property for $7 million in 1985. Different sources have put the combined total cost of the purchase at around $10 million. $20 million had been the minimum acceptable bid and the interior furnishings were appraised at $8 million.

After purchasing the estate, Trump did extensive renovations, adding a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) ballroom.The club also has five clay tennis courts and a waterfront pool. His wife at the time, Ivana Trump, was put in charge of running the property.

In the early 1990s, Trump faced financial difficulties. While negotiating with his bankers, he promised to divide Mar-a-Lago into smaller properties, alarming Palm Beach residents; so the city council rejected his plan to do so. Trump instead turned the estate into a private club in 1994, fighting off what he considered to be excessive restrictions.

The new club hosted concerts by Céline Dion and Billy Joel and had beauty-pageant contestants as guests. Mar-a-Lago has frequently hosted the International Red Cross Ball, an annual "white tie, tails, and tiara" event. Founded by Post, it has a history of support of the mission of the American Red Cross.

According to financial disclosure forms filed by Trump, the Mar-a-Lago Club had $29.7 million in gross revenues in the period June 2015 through May 2016.The club had revenues of $25.1 million for calendar year 2017, $22 million in 2018, and $21.4 million in 2019.

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Mar-a-Lago History

From Wikipedia:

Mar-a-Lago, from the Spanish for sea to lake, is a resort and national historic landmark in Palm Beach, Florida, built from 1924 to 1927 by breakfast cereal company heiress and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post. The 126-room, 62,500-square-foot (5,810 m2) mansion since 1994 contains the Mar-a-Lago Club, a members-only club with guest rooms, a spa, and other hotel-style amenities. It is located in Palm Beach County on the Palm Beach barrier island, with the Atlantic Ocean to the east and Florida's Intracoastal Waterway to the west.

At the time of her death in 1973, Post bequeathed the property to the National Park Service, hoping it could be used for state visits or as a Winter White House, but because the costs of maintaining the property exceeded the funds provided by Post, and because it was difficult to secure the facility (as it is located in the flight path of Palm Beach Airport), the property was returned to the Post Foundation by an act of Congress in 1981.

In 1985, Mar-a-Lago was purchased by Donald Trump for around $10 million. He used the mansion as a residence for eight years, before converting it into the Mar-a-Lago Club. His family maintains private quarters in a separate, closed-off area of the house and grounds. Trump frequently visited there during his tenure as president of the United States, referring to it as the Winter White House and his "Southern White House". After Trump became president in January 2017, Mar-a-Lago was used to host meetings for international leaders, including Japanese prime minister Shinzō Abe and Chinese president Xi Jinping. In September 2019, Mar-a-Lago became the primary residence for Donald and Melania Trump, who previously held primary residence in New York City.

It is the second-largest mansion in the state of Florida (after Versailles in Windermere) and the 24th largest mansion in the United States. In 2018, Forbes estimated the value of the estate at around $160 million, having appreciated since Trump's purchase.

Design

Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post Cereals business, paid for the house to be built with her husband Edward F. Hutton. She hired Marion Sims Wyeth to design it, and Joseph Urban to create interior design and exterior decorations. Post spent US $7 million (equivalent to $109 million in 2021), and it was finished in 1927.

The house has 58 bedrooms, 33 bathrooms, a 29-foot-long (8.8 m) pietra dura marble-top dining table, 12 fireplaces, and three bomb shelters. Mar-a-Lago was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1980.

On April 18, 2012, members of the American Institute of Architects' Florida chapter ranked Mar-a-Lago fifth on the Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places list.

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Nedenia Rumbough, Ivan Obolensky & Lisa Dresselhuys at "Mar-A-Lago" in Palm Beach

Kathy Pinna

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Nedenia Rumbough, Ivan Obolensky & Lisa Dresselhuys at "Mar-A-Lago" in Palm Beach

A photo of (left to right) Nedenia Rumbough, Ivan Obolensky & Lisa Dresselhuys at "Mar-A-Lago" in Palm Beach. Mar-A-Lago was Nina's family home until it was bought in the 1980s by Donal Trump

Date & Place: in Florida United States

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