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Association of Tufts Alumnae celebrates 100 years
White-Hammond, co-pastor of Bethel AME Church in Boston and a pediatrician at the South End Community Health Center, will deliver the centennial address on October 21, 2005, in the Coolidge Room on the Medford/Somerville campus. “We are excited that Dr. White-Hammond has agreed to join us in this celebration of Tufts’ women and their long legacy of leadership,” said Holly Pressman, J76, ATA co-president. “In addition to her boundless work as a pediatrician, Dr. White-Hammond has touched the lives of hundreds of girls through her service with the Boston public schools, and her courageous outreach in the Sudan. Her dedication to serving the greater good can be an example for us all.” The idea of an organization for Tufts women began with a luncheon in 1904, when it was decided to organize a group with the “somewhat redundant title of the “Tufts Girls” Alumnae Association,” noted Tufts historian Russell Miller. In 1905, the group adopted a constitution for the Association of Tufts Alumnae, with Ruth P. Capen, Class of 1902, as first president. The alumnae group was incorporated on March 30, 1910, and any woman who had been for at least a year “a former member of a class in Tufts College” was eligible for membership. Over the decades, ATA has supported Tufts undergraduate women with scholarships and raised considerable funds to support the university. More recently, ATA has held a series of successful leadership forums at which women of achievement in a variety of careers have shared their inspiring stories with graduates and undergraduates. That trend has been instrumental in a new logo and tagline—“Leading the Way for Tufts Women”—which the development of can be seen seen at ATA's new website. White-Hammond’s impressive record of humanitarian service underscores ATA’s commitment to celebrating the role of Tufts women in their professions and communities, and in the world. Rev. Gloria E. White-Hammond biography. Learn more about how to become an ATA member.
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