By Rebecca Goodman
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Mrs. Wulsin

INDIAN HILL - Rosamond Reed Wulsin - a direct descendant of Isaac Gouverneur Burnet, the first mayor of the city of Cincinnati - died of a stroke Monday at Jewish Hospital. The Indian Hill resident was 82.

Her legacy is one of good citizenship and concern for children.

"She had unusually high standards and high expectations for herself, for others and her community," said Paul G. Sittenfeld of East Walnut Hills, who sat on the boards of the Cincinnati Historical Society and Seven Hills School with Mrs. Wulsin. "She had a way of trying to combine very traditional values with very contemporary thinking."

Mrs. Wulsin was also an inspiration to her children and her nieces and nephews, said her son Lawson Wulsin of Indian Hill. "She was passionate about education and cared a lot about helping children grow up. She had some very strong ideas about good ways to raise children and progressive education."

Born in Cincinnati, Mrs. Wulsin grew up in Clifton and attended the International School of Geneva and Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Conn. She held a bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester in New York and a master's in English from the University of Cincinnati.

She was married for 61 years to Dr. John H. Wulsin, professor emeritus of surgery at UC.

Mrs. Wulsin was a former president of both the Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation and the Contemporary Arts Center. She was also emeritus trustee of the University of Cincinnati Foundation and of the Cincinnati Historical Society. She served on the boards of Miss Porter's School and Seven Hills School.

Mrs. Wulsin was a member of the National Society of Colonial Dames.

In addition to her son Lawson and husband, survivors include three other sons, John Jr. of Spring Valley, N.Y., Drausin and Stockton, both of Indian Hill; a daughter, Rosamond Reed Wulsin II of Tacoma Park, Md.; and 13 grandchildren.

A memorial service is 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Church of the Advent, 2366 Kemper Lane in Walnut Hills. Burial follows at Spring Grove Cemetery.

Memorials: Seven Hills School, 5400 Red Bank Road, Cincinnati 45227-1198; or Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati 45203.

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