Cynthia Lufkin, Philanthropist Wife of DLJ Founder, Dies at 51

Cynthia Lufkin, whose marriage to a co-founder of Wall Street firm Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette created a New York power couple in social and philanthropic circles, has died. She was 51.

She died on July 3 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, her husband Dan Lufkin, said in an interview. The cause was complications of breast and lung cancer. Her home was in Washington, Connecticut, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) north of New York City.