HAVERHILL — Ruth Finley Lein, a Haverhill-born woman who was dubbed the “air traffic controller” of New York’s fashion scene, recently earned her spot on the wall of greats, honored alongside the city’s most legendary natives.
On Saturday, her family members gathered inside the Johnson Auditorium at the Haverhill Public Library for an induction ceremony hosted by the Haverhill Citizens Hall of Fame. Finley Lein was named as the 48th honoree; her portrait now hangs on a wall in the library’s first floor, beside Benjamin Greenleaf, John C. Chase, and — February’s inductee — Frances Cole Lee.
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