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Sarah Elizabeth Whitin was elected to the Wellesley College Board of Trustees in 1896 and immediately took a keen interest in campus activities, especially the study of astronomy. [1] In 1896, she became engaged in conversation with the college's first professor of physics and astronomy, Sarah Frances Whiting (they had very similar names but ...
Cherry is a member of the Wellesley College Board of Trustees, [10] the Board of Advisors of Eastern Bank, [11] Chair of the Board of the Forsyth Institute, [12] and the Board of Directors of The Boston Foundation. [13]
Dr. William F. Warren of Boston University, a senior member of Wellesley's board of trustees, and Reverend Mr. Ollphant of Methuen Mass, pastor of the church Ada Howard attended, led the services. At the end of the service, students led the funeral procession to the Wellesley Cemetery where Ada Howard was laid to rest. [5]
The board of trustees "represents a Wellesley from 50 years ago, which is very much not the Wellesley of today, even Wellesley five years ago is very different from the Wellesley of today,” she ...
Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary , it is a member of the Seven Sisters Colleges , an unofficial grouping of current and former women's colleges in the northeastern United States .
Helen Kim Bottomly (born January 30, 1946) is an American immunologist and the former president of Wellesley College, serving from August 2007 to July 2016. [1] Bottomly was the first scientist to become a president at Wellesley College. [2] She has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2009. [3]
Moore served on the Board of Trustees at Wellesley College from 1948 until 1966. [ 4 ] Moore served for 63 years on the board of the Henry Luce Foundation, [ 5 ] which finances projects in Asian affairs; she retired from her position in 1999.
Barbara Warne Newell (born August 19, 1929) [1] is an economist, career professor, and higher education administrator. Notably, she served as the tenth President of Wellesley College from 1972 to 1980 and was the first female chancellor of the State University System of Florida from 1981 to 1985.