Robillard, Edna Hill
Biography
Miss Edna Marion Hill was born December 22, 1904 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England to Edward Archibald Hill, an insurance agent, and Florence Minnie (Hobbs) Hill. She graduated in 1925 from the Gypsy Hill Training College in London. She later received a B.S. degree from Columbia University in New York and taught at Ethical Culture and the Dalton School, where she was promoted to English teacher and director of the elementary department in 1931.
Miss Hill joined the Nightingale-Bamford School in 1935 as director of the Lower School. In 1937, she added the duties of director of Middle School, and became Assistant Head of School when Miss Nightingale retired in 1939. She succeeded Maya Stevens Bamford as Head of School in 1947, serving in that role until her retirement in 1958.
In December 1954, Miss Hill married Basil Robillard, a lawyer.
Edna Hill Robillard was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1956, and Catherine Woodbridge was appointed in March 1958 to serve as co-head of Nightingale as the disease progressed. To the shock of most of the school community, who were unaware of her diagnosis, Mrs. Robillard died on June 23, 1958 at the age of 53.
The 1945 and 1959 yearbooks were dedicated to Miss Hill/Mrs. Robillard by Nightingale senior students.
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
Edna Robillard correspondence relating to report to the trustees, 1955
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Edna Robillard head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left / Gabor Eder. Pasted on board, c. 1947 - 1958
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Edna Robillard head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left / Gabor Eder, c. 1947 - 1958
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"Educational Philosophy," by Edna Hill Robillard, 1943
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Frances Nightingale correspondence relating to dispute between Bamford, Nightingale, and Robillard, 1947 - 1948
Head-and-shoulders portrait of Edna Hill Robillard, facing left, c. 1947 - 1958
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Letter : [to] Edna M. Hill / Bernard M. Baruch, declining invitation to give commencement ceremony address, 1949 Apr 15
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Letter : [to] Edna M. Hill / Louis W. Pitt, congratulating on successful commencement ceremony, 1953 Jun 9
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Letter : [to] Edna M. Hill / Philip C. Jessup, relating to Jessup giving commencement ceremony address, 1955 Apr 18
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Letter : [to] Edna M. Hill / R.J. McCracken, relating to McCracken giving commencement ceremony address, 1953 Mar 24
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