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Hamilton, Sarah Elizabeth "Betty", Miss, 1921 - 1998

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Biography

Born February 17, 1921, in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" Hamilton was educated at the Baldwin School and the Bouve-Boston School of Physical Education. She began teaching at Baldwin, followed by the Ethel Walker School in Connecticut and the Katherine Bronson School in California. Miss Hamilton came to Nightingale around 1948 to teach physical education. She was head of the athletic department and later appointed by Headmistress Joan McMenamin as Assistant Head for Administration (non-curricular tasks). Miss Hamilton retired in 1986 to New Haven, Connecticut, where she died on August 21, 1998. Nightingale's Sarah E. Hamilton Student Center is named in her honor.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Miss Hamilton's records for Oct 14, 1980 Board of Trustees meeting, 1980 Oct 7

 File — Carton: 10032
Identifier: B10032_F25
Scope and Contents

Includes Draft Master Plan for the Nightingale-Bamford School (Draft IV, Oct 1, 1980); reports from the Parents Association and Alumnae Association; a special supplement from NYSAIS; list of Board committees 1980-81; two reports from visiting faculty on exchange visits; and a report from Larry Wiley on his exchange experience to St. Paul's Girls' School in London.

Dates: 1980 Oct 7

Report relating to the music department [for NYSAIS], 1975

 File — Box: 08001
Identifier: B08001_F11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: Heads of School records consist of records created by or under the purview of the various heads of Nightingale-Bamford School from its founding to present, as well as photographs, clippings, and biographical records with the head of school as subject. Records include correspondence and announcements, memoranda, reports from the heads of school to the Board of Trustees, speeches given by heads of school, and related records created and received in the course of business as well as records...
Dates: 1975

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