her involvement with thoroughbred horses, Alice du Pont Mills became a member of the Virginia Thoroughbred Association, Hickory Tree Farm and Stable elected a member of its Hall of Fame. She served as a trustee of the United States Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, was an advisory trustee to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, and was a director of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation. A founding member of the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Virginia, Alice du Pont Mills' cousin, Marion duPont Scott, was a significant owner/breeder in both flat and steeplechase racing. Involved in a number of charitable works, Alice du Pont Mills was a member of the national board of directors of Planned Parenthood. A conservationist, she was an active advocate for the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources, serving as founding member of Virginia's Bull Run Conservancy and the Piedmont Environmental Council and became a trustee of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation. Alice du Pont Mills died in Virginia in 2002. References 1912 births 2002 deaths American racehorse owners and breeders Aviators from Delaware Alice du Pont Mills People from Middleburg, Virginia People from Hobe Sound, Florida American women flight instructors American flight instructors Philanthropists from Delaware People from Wilmington, Delaware Philanthropists from Virginia Philanthropists from Florida 20th-century American philanthropists