Siri von Reis

Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis (February 10, 1931 – August 3, 2021)^[1][2] was an American botanist, author, and poet of half-Finnish and half-Swedish ancestry.^[3] She was an authority on traditional medicine.^[4] She was also an investigator at the New York Botanical Garden.

Siri von Reis
Siri von Reis in 2011 at the Metropolitan Room in Manhattan
Born	Siri Sylvia Patricia von Reis (1931-02-10)February 10, 1931
Died	August 3, 2021(2021-08-03) (aged 90)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Occupation(s)	botanist, author, and poet
Spouse(s)	Arthur Altschul (m. 1963; div. 1972)
Children	3, including Serena Altschul

Personal life

Siri von Reis was the daughter of Bror Gustav von Reis (1903–1975), the president of Detroit Broach and Machine Company of Rochester, Michigan, and Donna Tavastila von Reis (1908–1994).^[6] She received a bachelor's degree in botany from the University of Michigan in 1953.^[6] After breaking off an engagement to the electronics executive Arthur G. B. Metcalf in 1959,^[6] she married the Jewish American banker Arthur Goodhart Altschul, a Goldman Sachs Group partner and member of the Lehman banking family.^[7] They had three children together, Arthur Jr. (born 1964), Emily Helen (born 1966), and broadcast journalist Serena Altschul (born 1970), before their divorce in 1972.^[7]