Alison Campbell de Frise, 85, civic leader; formerly of Washington D.C., born in Lake Forest, raised in Santa Barbara; passed away peacefully at home at The Clare, October 26, 2018. After earning her B.A. in French Literature and History from Wellesley College, Alison worked briefly at the New Yorker office in Chicago while raising her family and presiding over several boards: the Women's Board of the Lyric Opera, the Old Masters Society at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Costume Council of the Chicago History Museum (life member). Current member/former board member of the Antiquarian Society, the Guild of the Chicago History Museum and a Life Trustee of the Chicago Historical Society. For thirty years she served on the Woman's Board of Rush University Medical Center. Alison was also the first female officer of the Latin School Board of Trustees. Devoted mother of Colin (Judith Pearce) Clark, Alexander de Frise, and Victoria de Frise (Christopher) Zahrobsky, loving step-mother of Laura (Steven Rugo) de Frise, proud grandmother of Campbell Clark and step-grandmother of Peter and Aubrey Rugo. Sister of Juliet Folger of Washington, D.C. and Sir Tobias Clarke of London. Daughter of the late Colin Leiter Campbell and Elisabeth Irene Campbell (nee Cook). Proud great-granddaughter of Levi Leiter, co-founder of the Chicago store that became known as Marshall Field's. Memorial service Friday November 9, 3pm, St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church, 1424 N. Dearborn, Chicago. Interment of cremated remains at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C. at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Old Masters Society, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603, Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610, Lyric Opera Women's Board, 20 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, 60606, and The Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., Chicago 60614. Arrangements by Cremation Society of Illinois, 773-281-5058 or www.cremation-society.com.