Belle W. Baruch

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Belle W. Baruch was the daughter of financier Bernard Baruch.

Her legacy is preserved in the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research established on Hobcaw Barony, a former rice plantation purchased by her father, and donated by her at her death in 1964 for a research and nature preserve. The center is located on Waccamaw Neck in Georgetown County, South Carolina