Lorinda de Roulet

Lorinda de Roulet
Born
Lorinda Payson

(1930-05-08)May 8, 1930
New York City, U.S.
DiedOctober 26, 2025(2025-10-26) (aged 95)
Manhasset, New York, U.S.
Alma materWellesley College
OccupationsPresident of the New York Mets (1975–1980)
President of the Patrina Foundation
Known forPhilanthropy
Spouse
(m. 1951; died 1975)
Children3
Parent(s)Joan Whitney Payson
Charles Shipman Payson
RelativesSee Whitney family

Lorinda "Linda" de Roulet (née Payson; May 8, 1930 – October 26, 2025) was an American philanthropist. She was a former president of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball, succeeding her mother, Joan Whitney Payson, in the role upon her mother's death in 1975, and serving until 1980, when her family sold the team to Doubleday & Company.