![]() * Her father was a sportswriter for the New York Sun and later became co-owner of a Wall Street brokerage firm. * Marie Lyons Killilea was born Jin New York City to Tom and Marie Powers Lyons. * She wrote a novel, "Karen," which became a best seller in 1952 an Founder of the Cerebral Palsy Association. Later, she was a co-founder of the National United Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Her work culminated in the formation of the Cerebral Palsy Association of Westchester County. * She was an active lobbyist in Albany for the rights of cerebral palsy patients. * Married James Killilea on July 25, 1933. Attended the Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School. ![]() ![]() ![]() Founder of the Cerebral Palsy Association. ![]()
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