# Beverly Sackler **Beverly Sackler** (née Feldman, May 1924 – October 21, 2019) was the wife of [[Raymond Sackler]] and the mother of [[Richard Sackler]] and [[Jonathan Sackler]]. She co-founded with Raymond the **Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation**, one of the family's largest philanthropic vehicles, which funded biomedical-research positions at Yale, Tel Aviv University, Cornell, Cambridge, and many other institutions. Beverly served on the [[Purdue Pharma]] board during the [[OxyContin]] era. She died in October 2019, one month after Purdue's Chapter 11 filing. Her estate is one of the eight board-member heirs ("Side B," Raymond's family) in the 2025 $7.4B settlement. ## See Also - [[Sackler Family]] — the dynasty - [[Raymond Sackler]] — husband - [[Richard Sackler]] — son - [[Jonathan Sackler]] — son - [[Purdue Pharma]] — the company