Hernando Samper
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Married: Phyllis Field
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Hernando Samper, a secretary age 29, was a patient in Saranac Lake in 1950. He was living at the Alta Vista Lodge at 48 Franklin Avenue, to which he had come from Bogota, Columbia. He was examined by Dr. [[1]]. N. Hayes on October 5 that year and found to be positive for T.B.
The Long-Islander, June 16, 1955
Phyllis Field Weds In Cold Spring Harbor
Miss Phyllis Field, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Field, of [[2]], Lloyd Neck, Huntington , and 710 [?] Park Avenue, New York, was married to Hernando Samper of Bogota, Colombia, in St. John's Episcopal Church at Cold Spring Harbor on Saturday afternoon. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Lyman C. Bleeker.
The bride was given in marriage by her father. She was attired in a gown of embroidered white organdy and wore a simple, tulle veil attached to a floral headpiece. She carried a prayer book, with lily-of-the-valley. Miss Fiona Field was her sister's maid of honor. Mrs. Alberto Samper was matron of honor. They wore bouffant gowns of apple green organza. The bridesmaids were the Misses Sallie deLand, Madeleine Eisner, [Fitzgerald] and Jean Lincoln. They carried baskets of roses and bouvardia. The flower girls were Miss [Tree] and Miss Daphne Warburg.
Alberto Samper was his brother's best man. The ushers were Marshall Field Jr., brother of the bride, Stephen Currier, James Fosbursh and Arvin Shaw.
The bride was graduated from the Dalton School in New York and attended Sarah Lawrence College. She made her debut in June 1954, at a dinner dance given by her parents at Caumsett. The wedding reception was held there Saturday.
The bride is a granddaughter of Robert D. Pruyn of Linden Farm, Syosset, and the late Mrs. Pruyn. She is a great-granddaughter of the late [Field], founder of Marshall Field & Co., Chicago department store, and of the late Mr. and Mrs. [C. Pruyn] of Albany. Her father is the publisher and philanthropist.
Mr. Samper is the son of Senora Elena Gomez de Brigard of Bogota, Colombia , and the late Alberto Samper. He was graduated from the University of Michigan, and is with the executive office of the Secretary General of the United Nations. Mr. and Mrs. Samper will make their home at 2 Beekman Place, New York.