Matriarch of the Hearst dynasty, reared in Missouri where she married husband George in 1862. George struck it rich in the Nevada mines in 1859. Mrs. Hearst was actively philanthropic. A few of her projects included underwriting the architectural competition for the Berkeley campus plan; financing archaeological expeditions in Egypt, Italy and Mexico for the University. She lived part time on an elaborate estate in Pleasanton in a mansion built by A. C. Schweinfurth and Julia Morgan. William Randolph Hearst was her only son.