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:

Photograph of Class of 1962 on senior trip to Lake Placid, 1962 Jan

Item — Box: 01010

Identifier: 001 002 000 13 0119

Scope and Contents From the Record Group: The Academics Record Group consists of records related to teaching and educating students at the Nightingale-Bamford School. Records relate to teaching of the arts, student work, commencement, Class VIII Moving Up and Class IV Daisy ceremonies, and library and archives records. Records related to the professional community (faculty, staff), such as curriculum records, employee manuals, faculty newsletters, lists and biographical information of professional community members, faculty meeting...

Dates: 1962 Jan

Found in: The Nightingale-Bamford School Archives / RG01, RG01 Academics Record Group / SG001 Academics Records / S07 Field Trips, Travel, Exchange Programs

Photographs of students at Pitt Hall, Chatham, NY. Names on versos, 1948

File — Box: 01063

Identifier: 001 002 000 13 0338

Dates: 1948