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`!Dorothy Priscilla "Patsy" Bullitt Collins`! (1920-2003) was an American `F33f`_`[philanthropist`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Philanthropy]`_`f.

Born in Seattle on September 24, 1920 to the wealthy A. Scott Bullitt and `F33f`_`[Dorothy Bullitt`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Dorothy_Bullitt]`_`f, during her childhood she lived in a 23-room mansion in `F33f`_`[The Highlands`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Highlands_(Seattle)]`_`f.`:cite-ref-historylink-1-0[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-historylink-1]`_`f] She graduated from `F33f`_`[Vassar College`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Vassar_College]`_`f in 1942.`:cite-ref-timesobit-2-0[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-timesobit-2]`_`f]

She married Josiah Collins VI, son of Seattle politician `F33f`_`[Josiah Collins`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Josiah_Collins_(Washington_fire_chief)]`_`f, in 1947. Her first husband, Larry Norman, a `F33f`_`[USAAF`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=USAAF]`_`f navigator, had been killed over Germany or as a POW in 1943.`:cite-ref-historylink-1-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-historylink-1]`_`f]

She was chairperson of `F33f`_`[King Broadcasting Company`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=King_Broadcasting_Company]`_`f, founded by her mother, from 1972 until 1992 when it was sold to `*`F33f`_`[The Providence Journal`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Providence_Journal]`_`f`*.`:cite-ref-timesobit-2-1[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-timesobit-2]`_`f]

After her parents' death, she and her sisters donated $100 million to the `F33f`_`[Bullitt Foundation`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Bullitt_Foundation]`_`f for environmental causes, bought classical radio station `F33f`_`[KING-FM`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=KING-FM]`_`f and donated it to the `F33f`_`[Seattle Symphony`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Seattle_Symphony]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Seattle Opera`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Seattle_Opera]`_`f and what is now ArtsFund.`:cite-ref-historylink-1-2[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-historylink-1]`_`f]

She died at her home in `F33f`_`[First Hill`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=First_Hill,_Seattle]`_`f, Seattle, on June 24, 2003.`:cite-ref-timesobit-2-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-timesobit-2]`_`f] She bequeathed a final $71.5 million to CARE, `F33f`_`[The Nature Conservancy`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Nature_Conservancy]`_`f and the `F33f`_`[Trust for Public Land`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Trust_for_Public_Land]`_`f,`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f] among the top 20 largest American charitable donations of the year.`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f]

>>References

`:cite-note-historylink-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-historylink-1-0]`_`f `:citerefcassandra-tate2003`aCassandra Tate (July 3, 2003), "Collins, Dorothy Priscilla (Patsy) Bullitt (1920-2003)", `*`F33f`_`[HistoryLink`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=HistoryLink]`_`f`*, Seattle: History Ink

`:cite-note-timesobit-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-timesobit-2-0]`_`f `*Media, timber heiress lived simply, gave grandly`*, `F33f`_`[The Seattle Times`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Seattle_Times]`_`f, June 25, 2003, retrieved 2011-01-16

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f `*'Amazing' final gift by Collins benefits 3 groups`*, `F33f`_`[The Seattle Times`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=The_Seattle_Times]`_`f, November 18, 2003, retrieved 2011-01-16

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f `*The 2003 Slate 60: The 60 Largest American Charitable Contributions of the Year, Compiled by the Chronicle of Philanthropy`*, `F33f`_`[Slate`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Slate_(magazine)]`_`f, February 16, 2004, archived from the original on February 18, 2007, retrieved 2011-01-16

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