HIGHTSTOWN Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson Cobb, 93, died Friday, Aug. 24.
Best known as Eliza Parkinson, Ms. Cobb was a vital and effective presence at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City for nearly 70 years.
In 1939, she was appointed a trustee of the museum. Thereafter, except for service with the Red Cross during World War II, she served on the board uninterruptedly. She was president of the museum from 1965 to 1968, was vice chairwoman from 1968 to 1993 and was named a life trustee in 1993. She also served on the museum’s membership committee and international council.
Wife of the late John Parkinson Jr. and the late Henry Ives Cobb, she is survived by a son, John Parkinson III; a daughter, Zaide Parkinson; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

