Hamilton, Sarah Elizabeth "Betty", Miss, 1921 - 1998
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 77 Collections and/or Records:
Letter : [to] Betty / Anne Wilson, relating to beginning of house system in 1956, 1979 Aug
Letter : [to] Betty [Hamilton] and Audrey [Goode] / Nancy H., relating to Parents Association mailing and Fair invitation, 1980 Oct 13
Memorandum of agreement between the Nightingale-Bamford School and Miss Sarah E. Hamilton, 1959
Metal pin with image of Sarah Hamilton from Miss Goode and Miss Hamilton retirement party, 1987 - 1988
Miss Hamilton's Appointment Pal [three-year calendar], 1984 - 1986
Miss Hamilton's records for Oct 14, 1980 Board of Trustees meeting, 1980 Oct 7
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.
N.B.S. News, 1948 Nov
NBS News became The Shield beginning with the December 1948 issue. Intended originally as a factual school newspaper reporting on school functions, in 1951 it was reorganized to include more discussion and opinions as the voice of Council, edited by the Chairman of the Committee of Arts.
Source: 1951 Yearbook, p. 34
Photo album, "Goodbye, Mrs. McMenamin" / Jill Krementz. Includes photographs of Dorothy Hutcheson, Sarah Hamilton, and Audrey Goode, 1992 Jun 15
Photograph of Audrey Goode '39 and Sarah Hamilton decorating Christmas tree, c. 1950 - 1970
Photograph of Audrey Goode '39 and Sarah Hamilton walking dogs, c. 1981
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