1 January, 1990
Approximate date. A portion of her state financed the Gihon Foundation which
established the Council on Ideas, a think tank with a retreat center located
north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, active from 1990 to 2000 and devoted to exploring
world problems.
12 May, 1980
Bette Nesmith Graham died on May 12, 1980, due to complications of a stroke. She
left her fortune to her son, who took over her foundations.
