Charlotte Mailliard Shultz
{{Short description|American socialite and philanthropist (1933–2021)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Charlotte Mailliard Shultz
| image = Charlotte Mailliard Shultz 2021.jpg
| caption = Mailliard in June 2021
| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|9|26}}
| birth_name = Charlotte Smith
| birth_place = Borger, Texas, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|3|1933|9|26}}
| death_place = Stanford, California, U.S.
| education = University of Arkansas (BA)
| occupation = Philanthropist
Chief of Protocol for the City and County of San Francisco
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{Marriage|John Ward Mailliard III||1986|end=d.}}
- {{Marriage|Melvin Swig|1988|1993|end=d}}
- {{marriage|George Shultz|1997|2021|end=d.}}
}}
}}
Charlotte Mailliard Shultz ({{née}} Smith; September 26, 1933 – December 3, 2021) was a socialite and philanthropist. She was the Chief of Protocol for the state of California, and the Chief of Protocol for the City and County of San Francisco.{{cite web | url = http://www.sfmayor.org/index.aspx?page=243 | title = Mayor Lee Appoints Charlotte Mailliard Shultz as Chief of Protocol | date = February 11, 2011 | publisher = City and County of San Francisco | access-date = May 31, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130522232104/http://www.sfmayor.org/index.aspx?page=243 | archive-date = May 22, 2013 | url-status = dead }} She was married to former United States Secretary of State George P. Shultz,{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/17/style/george-p-shultz-charlotte-swig.html | title = George P. Shultz, Charlotte Swig | date = August 17, 1997 | work = The New York Times | access-date = February 15, 2017 | archive-date = December 16, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171216091054/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/17/style/george-p-shultz-charlotte-swig.html | url-status = live }} from 1997 until his death in 2021.
Mailliard Shultz was President of the board of the War Memorial Performing Arts Center and a member of the boards of the San Francisco Symphony, Grace Cathedral, the Commonwealth Club of California, and the San Francisco Ballet.{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Wire |date=June 16, 2022 |orig-date=December 3, 2021 |title=Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, San Francisco’s longest serving chief of protocol, has died |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/charlotte-mailliard-shultz-san-francisco-s-longest-serving-chief-of-protocol-has-died/article_bbf53c14-4c97-5f40-9782-3aa7ced47df9.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023232942/https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/charlotte-mailliard-shultz-san-francisco-s-longest-serving-chief-of-protocol-has-died/article_bbf53c14-4c97-5f40-9782-3aa7ced47df9.html |archive-date=October 23, 2023 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=San Francisco Examiner |language=en}} A native Texan, Mailliard Shultz often quipped about San Francisco, "... if I don't pay my dues, they may send me back to Texas!"{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-RlnoZBoI7AC&pg=PA70 | page = 70 | title = Climbing the Corporate Ladder in High Heels | first = Kathleen | last = Archambeau | publisher = Career Press | year = 2006 | isbn = 1-56414-876-9}}
Early life and education
Born Charlotte Smith on September 26, 1933,{{Cite web | url = https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBBG-9P7 | title = Charlotte Mailliard Shultz. United States Public Records | accessdate = September 26, 2015 | publisher = FamilySearch | archive-date = September 27, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150927225419/https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBBG-9P7 | url-status = live }} in Borger, Texas, the daughter of Martha Morgan and Charles Samuel Smith, Jr., who ran the local general store.{{Cite web|last=Bigelow|first=Catherine|date=December 3, 2021|title=Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, San Francisco's longest serving chief of protocol, has died|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/news/charlotte-mailliard-shultz-san-franciscos-longest-serving-chief-of-protocol-has-died/|access-date=December 4, 2021|website=The San Francisco Examiner|language=en-US|archive-date=December 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204011645/https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/charlotte-mailliard-shultz-san-franciscos-longest-serving-chief-of-protocol-has-died/|url-status=live}} She graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in fashion design, marketing, and merchandising.{{Cite web|last=Zinko|first=Carolyne|date=December 3, 2021|title=Charlotte Shultz, who received a queen, a pope and countless world leaders to S.F. as its 'chief of protocol,' dies at 88|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Charlotte-Shultz-San-Francisco-s-longtime-16672961.php|access-date=December 4, 2021|website=San Francisco Chronicle|language=en-US|archive-date=December 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204004137/https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Charlotte-Shultz-San-Francisco-s-longtime-16672961.php|url-status=live}}
Career
File:Secretary Blinken Attends a Memorial Service Reception in Honor of Former Secretary Schultz (51569462483).jpg at a memorial reception for her husband, October 2021]]
In her role as Chief of Protocol for San Francisco, Mailliard had been called the "city's premier party-giver" by the San Francisco Chronicle.{{Cite web|title=Nominating Committee 6|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/visionsf/nominating-committee-charlotte-shultz/|access-date=December 4, 2021|website=San Francisco Chronicle|language=en|archive-date=December 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204012314/https://www.sfchronicle.com/visionsf/nominating-committee-charlotte-shultz/|url-status=live}} Her role as Chief of Protocol began as a volunteer for then-San Francisco mayor Jack Shelley and spanned seven mayoral administrations until mayor Frank Jordan's term. Jordan chose Richard Goldman as his Chief of Protocol. Mayor Willie Brown re-appointed Mailliard to the post in 1996.{{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/basicbrownmylife00brow_0 | url-access = registration | page = [https://archive.org/details/basicbrownmylife00brow_0/page/253 253] | last = Brown | first = Willie L. | title = Basic Brown: my life and our times | publisher = Simon and Schuster | isbn = 978-0-7432-9081-4 | year = 2008}} In total, she served as Chief of Protocol for eight mayoral administrations and during that time brought back the city's Black and White Ball, organized the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge with the Golden Gate Bridge Walk (where one million pedestrians walked across the bridge), and welcomed British royalty and Pope John Paul II on their visits to the city.{{Cite news | url = http://hauteliving.com/2016/01/woman-of-substance-charlotte-mailliard-shultz/598213/ | title = Woman of Substance: Charlotte Mailliard Shultz | date = January 8, 2016 | work = Haute Living | access-date = December 15, 2017 | language = en-US | archive-date = July 9, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170709151623/http://hauteliving.com/2016/01/woman-of-substance-charlotte-mailliard-shultz/598213/ | url-status = live }}
In 2003, in San Francisco, a surprise party was held to honor her work on behalf of the city. Baseball legend Willie Mays, incoming and outgoing mayors Willie Brown and Gavin Newsom, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his then-wife Maria Shriver were in attendance. It was announced that the staircase of San Francisco City Hall would be known as the Charlotte Mailliard Shultz Staircase.{{Cite web|last=Zinko|first=Carolyne|date=December 15, 2003|title=Surprise fete for protocol chief|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Surprise-fete-for-protocol-chief-San-2546075.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927220713/http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Surprise-fete-for-protocol-chief-San-2546075.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-09-27|access-date=September 27, 2015}}
In 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger appointed her as Chief of Protocol for the State of California.{{Cite press release | title = Governor Schwarzenegger appoints Charlotte Shultz as chief of protocol for the State of California | url = https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=3180 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927224207/https://www.gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=3180 |archive-date=27 September 2015 |url-status=dead | publisher = gov.ca.gov | accessdate = 5 December 2021}}
Personal life
After moving to San Francisco, Mailliard met her first husband, John Ward Mailliard III, who died of cancer in 1986. In 1988, she married Melvin Swig, owner of the Fairmont Hotel. As a couple, the Swigs donated and raised numerous funds for building the new San Francisco Public Library. Melvin Swig died in 1993.
Mailliard's marriage, at age 63, to former Secretary of State George Shultz, a widower, at Grace Cathedral in 1997, was considered San Francisco's "social event of the year". He gave her a diamond, sapphire and ruby engagement ring.[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/577749/Caption-only--Shultz-and-socialite-wed-in-SF.html?pg=all Shultz and socialite wed in San Francisco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924004741/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/577749/Caption-only--Shultz-and-socialite-wed-in-SF.html?pg=all |date=September 24, 2015 }}, deseretnews.com; accessed August 26, 2015. (caption only) The cost of the reception at the Sheraton Palace Hotel was over $4,000,000 and featured entertainment from singer Billy Joel. Guests included Nancy Reagan, California governor Pete Wilson, and U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi.
The couple continued to be actively involved in San Francisco social events, such as hosting receptions at their Russian Hill penthouse on top of The Summit for a group of U.S. and foreign diplomats in 2015.{{Cite web | title = Ambassadors' farewell to S.F. party at the Shultzes | url = http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/garchik/article/Ambassadors-farewell-to-S-F-party-at-the-6181544.php | accessdate = September 26, 2015 | publisher = San Francisco Chronicle | date = April 6, 2015 | quote = Ambassadors and State Department officials ... finished their stay Wednesday with a grand evening on the town. This started with cocktails at the Green Street penthouse of Charlotte and George Shultz ... | archive-date = September 28, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150928032502/http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/garchik/article/Ambassadors-farewell-to-S-F-party-at-the-6181544.php | url-status = live }}
Mailliard Shultz died from cancer at her home in Stanford, California, on December 3, 2021, at the age of 88.{{cite news |title=Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, Widow Of George Shultz, Dies At 88; 'We Have Lost Our Grande Dame' |url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/12/03/charlotte-mailliard-shultz-widow-of-george-shultz-dies-at-88-we-have-lost-our-grande-dame/ |access-date=December 3, 2021 |publisher=KPIX-TV / CBS5 |date=December 3, 2021 |archive-date=December 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203221857/https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/12/03/charlotte-mailliard-shultz-widow-of-george-shultz-dies-at-88-we-have-lost-our-grande-dame/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Governor Newsom Statement on the Passing of Charlotte Shultz |url=https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/12/03/governor-newsom-statement-on-the-passing-of-charlotte-shultz/ |website=California Governor |access-date=December 5, 2021 |language=en |date=December 3, 2021 |quote=For over 50 years, Charlotte lent her invaluable guidance and leadership, serving as Chief of Protocol for three California Governors and 10 mayors of San Francisco. Charlotte was the quintessential San Franciscan – defined by her eye for the fantastic and the flourish with which she welcomed visiting dignitaries, foreign consuls and San Franciscans from all walks of life. She helped make the City of San Francisco the vibrant, international city it is today. Charlotte's commitment to California's civic betterment led to millions of dollars for libraries, parks and arts institutions. It is hard to imagine California without Charlotte Shultz. We will miss her terribly. |archive-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205141529/https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/12/03/governor-newsom-statement-on-the-passing-of-charlotte-shultz/ |url-status=live }} Her husband, George, had died 10 months earlier at the age of 100.{{cite web |title=Statement of President Joe Biden on the Passing of Former Secretary George Shultz |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/07/statement-of-president-joe-biden-on-the-passing-of-former-secretary-george-shultz/ |publisher=The White House |access-date=December 5, 2021 |date=February 8, 2021 |archive-date=February 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214070648/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/02/07/statement-of-president-joe-biden-on-the-passing-of-former-secretary-george-shultz/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Schwartz |first1=Matthew S. |title=George P. Shultz, Giant Of 20th Century American Politics, Dies At 100 |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/07/965162112/george-p-shultz-giant-of-20th-century-american-politics-dies-at-100 |access-date=December 5, 2021 |publisher=NPR |date=February 7, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205140244/https://www.npr.org/2021/02/07/965162112/george-p-shultz-giant-of-20th-century-american-politics-dies-at-100 |url-status=live }} She was remembered by the San Francisco Examiner as someone who, "reigned as San Francisco’s chief of protocol for more than half a century."{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Wire |date=December 3, 2021 |orig-date=December 3, 2021 |title=Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, San Francisco’s longest serving chief of protocol, has died |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/charlotte-mailliard-shultz-san-francisco-s-longest-serving-chief-of-protocol-has-died/article_bbf53c14-4c97-5f40-9782-3aa7ced47df9.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023232942/https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/charlotte-mailliard-shultz-san-francisco-s-longest-serving-chief-of-protocol-has-died/article_bbf53c14-4c97-5f40-9782-3aa7ced47df9.html |archive-date=October 23, 2023 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=The San Francisco Examiner |language=en}}
Honors
In 2007, she was named Honorary Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) by Queen Elizabeth II.Caroline Bigelow.[http://www.sfgate.com/living/article/SWELLS-2595188.php SWELLS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160747/http://www.sfgate.com/living/article/SWELLS-2595188.php |date=September 24, 2015 }}, May 13, 2007.
References
External links
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- [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/17/style/george-p-shultz-charlotte-swig.html "George P. Shultz, Charlotte Swig"], Weddings, The New York Times; accessed 5 December 2021.
- [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/1996/02/04/SC52840.DTL "The High Priestess of Partydom / Charlotte Mailliard Swig, San Francisco's once and future chief of protocol, is back on top as the city's arbiter of style"], sfgate.com, February 4, 1996; accessed 5 December 2021.
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