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Evelyn Lauder, who died of complications from non-genetic ovarian cancer on Saturday, had a swarm of close friends throughout her life. Yet many close friends who attended her funeral today did not have a clue that she would die so soon.
上周六，雅詩(shī)蘭黛掌門人伊芙琳•蘭黛因非遺傳性卵巢癌引發(fā)的并發(fā)癥與世長(zhǎng)辭。她一生結(jié)交了無數(shù)摯友。但是，周一參加葬禮的許多好友之前竟全然不知她即將離世。
Classic Evelyn. "It was never about her. It was always about you," Liz Robbins, a prominent Washington lobbyist, told me this morning over breakfast before she headed to the invitation-only funeral for her good friend.
伊芙琳堪稱女性典范。周一上午，華盛頓著名游說家利斯•羅賓斯在參加葬禮前用早餐時(shí)向筆者透露：“她從不關(guān)注自己。她只關(guān)注別人。” 據(jù)悉，出席伊芙琳的葬禮只有受到邀請(qǐng)的摯友。
You can read the news reports about Evelyn Lauder's contributions to cancer research: She founded The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, which has raised more than $350 million since 1993. She created the Pink Ribbon as a symbol to raise awareness about breast cancer around the world. She built, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in Manhattan, a full -service haven for women with breast cancer--which Robbins used when cancer struck her two years ago. "She was constantly helping friends, helping people she didn't even know but heard about through friends, and she helped mankind," says Robbins, who spoke with Lauder by phone a few weeks ago and didn't realize that was dying.
關(guān)于伊芙琳•蘭黛為癌癥研究所做的貢獻(xiàn)，讀者可從大量的新聞報(bào)道中獲悉：她創(chuàng)立了乳腺癌研究基金會(huì)（The Breast Cancer Research Foundation），自1993年以來，該基金會(huì)募集的資金已經(jīng)超過3.5 億美元。她創(chuàng)造了粉紅絲帶標(biāo)志，旨在提升全球乳腺癌意識(shí)。她在曼哈頓成立美國(guó)紐約斯隆凱特琳記憶研究所（Memorial Sloan-Kettering），為乳腺癌患者提供全程服務(wù)——羅賓斯兩年前身患癌癥時(shí) 曾在該研究所接受治療。羅賓斯說：“她總是在幫助朋友們，幫助那些她根本不認(rèn)識(shí)、只是朋友們提起的陌生人，她一直在造福人類。”數(shù)周前，羅賓斯還與伊芙琳•蘭黛通過電話，但她并未察覺到蘭黛 已經(jīng)生命垂危。
"None of us knew how ill she was over the last four and a half years," adds Estee Lauder (EL) board member Lynn Forester de Rothschild.
雅詩(shī)蘭黛（Estee Lauder）董事會(huì)成員琳恩•羅思柴爾德補(bǔ)充道：“在過去四年半中，我們都不知道她的病情有多重。”
Lauder, who was 75, had moved into a world of privilege from humble beginnings. She was born in Vienna, Austria, survived the London Blitz during World War II, and arrived in New York by boat with her parents, who were escaping Hitler's occupation. At 18, Evelyn was a freshman at Hunter College when she met Leonard Lauder, Estee Lauder's son, on a blind date. They married and were together for 52 years. "Evie," as people close to her called her, left a teaching job in New York's public schools to join Estee Lauder, where she helped develop brands such as Clinique and Aramis and rose to senior corporate VP and head of fragrance development worldwide.
蘭黛，享年75歲，雖出身卑微，卻最終成為世界頂級(jí)人物。她出生于奧地利的維也納，在二戰(zhàn)時(shí)期的倫敦大轟炸中幸存下來，為逃離納粹統(tǒng)治，她跟隨父母乘船到達(dá)紐約。伊芙琳18歲時(shí)成為亨特學(xué)院 （Hunter College）的大一新生，后來在一次相親活動(dòng)中認(rèn)識(shí)了雅詩(shī)•蘭黛的兒子倫納德•蘭黛。后來他們結(jié)了婚，共同生活了52年。摯友口中的“艾維”（Evie）后來辭去了紐約公立學(xué)院的教師工作， 加盟雅詩(shī)蘭黛，幫助開發(fā)了倩碧（Clinique）和雅男仕（Aramis）等品牌，后擔(dān)任高級(jí)副總裁和全球香水業(yè)務(wù)發(fā)展負(fù)責(zé)人。
Lauder, whom I last saw at Fortune's 2010 Most Powerful Women Summit, had serious business chops, but her greatest legacy will be the countless people she helped. De Rothschild, who is CEO of E.L. Rothschild Ltd. and has been an Estee Lauder director since 2000, told me a story yesterday about shopping for Bobbi Brown cosmetics at Neiman Marcus and asking a saleswoman how she liked working for Bobbi Brown, which is an Estee Lauder company. As de Rothschild recalls, "The saleswoman said to me, 'How do I feel about Estee Lauder? I owe my life to Estee Lauder. Twelve years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. My supervisor was at a group-wide company meeting and somehow in a conversation with Mrs. Evelyn Lauder, my supervisor informed her of my condition. Mrs. Lauder did not know me from Adam, and yet I received a call from her. She talked to me for hours. She had her personal doctors consult with mine. And I am sure she saved my life.'"
筆者最后一次見到蘭黛是在《財(cái)富》雜志2010年最具影響力女性峰會(huì)（Fortune’s 2010 Most Powerful Women Summit）上。蘭黛的企業(yè)管理方法嚴(yán)格，但是她最偉大的遺產(chǎn)在于她曾經(jīng)救人無數(shù)。E. L. 羅斯柴爾德公司（E.L. Rothschild Ltd.）CEO羅斯柴爾德自2000年以來一直是雅詩(shī)蘭黛的董事，昨天，他向筆者回憶了他在內(nèi)曼馬庫(kù)斯百貨（Neiman Marcus）購(gòu)買雅詩(shī)蘭黛旗下公司芭比布朗（Bobbi Brown）化妝品時(shí)和一位女店員的一番對(duì)話。他詢問這位女店員在芭比布朗工作感覺如何。羅斯柴爾德回憶道：“女店員對(duì)我說，‘如果你問我對(duì)雅詩(shī)蘭黛有何感想？我想說，我欠雅詩(shī)蘭黛一條命。二十 年前，我被診斷出患有乳腺癌。當(dāng)時(shí)，我的主管在參加集團(tuán)公司會(huì)議，可能在與伊芙琳•蘭黛女士的談話中，把我的情況告訴了她。蘭黛女士根本不認(rèn)識(shí)我，但她卻親自打電話給我。她跟我談了好幾個(gè)小 時(shí)，并讓她的私人醫(yī)生與我的醫(yī)生聯(lián)系。我可以肯定地說，是她救了我。’”
"That was Evelyn Lauder," as de Rothschild says. "She saved lives and never asked for anything in return."
羅斯柴爾德說：“這就是伊芙琳•蘭黛。她挽救人們的生命，卻從不要求回報(bào)。”
