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Jeanette Watson Sanger Born 1945 (67) Occupation: bookstore owner, socialite, IBM Heiress Spouse: Ralph T McElvenny, Jr. Alexander C. Sanger Parent: Thomas John Watson, Jr. Olive Cawley

Jeanette Watson Sanger is the owner of the bookstore BOOKS & CO. (1977-1997)in New York City. As the eldest daughter of Thomas Watson Jr., the president of IBM, Jeannette founded the premier independent bookstore BOOKS&CO. in 1977 on Madison Avenue, Manhattan.

Early Life Jeannette Watson was born in 1945 in Greenwich, Connecticut. She attended Greenwich Country Day and Miss Hall's. Jeannette went to Sarah Lawrence and majored in early childhood education.

Personal Life Jeannette married her first husband Ralph T. McElvenny, Jr. in her junior year at Sarah Lawrence and they had a son Ralph W. McElvenny. The couple divorced six years later. Then Jeannette met her second husband Alexander Sanger who was a wall street lawyer at her cousin's wedding in 1978. They were married six months later and had two sons, Andrew and Matthew Sanger.

Books&Co. The Life of Times of Jeannette Watson and BOOKS.&CO.

Reference: http://www.amazon.com/Bookstore-Times-Jeannette-Watson-Books/dp/0151004250