Eleanor Agnes Merriam Hammond

Background

Hammond, Eleanor Agnes Merriam was born on July 25, 1924 in Long Beach, California, United States. Daughter of Walter Scott Merriam and Grace Lavinia (Carpenter) Merriam Atwood.

Education

AB, Wheaton College, 1946; AM, Mount Holyoke College, 1947; postgraduate, Bridgewater State College, 1967-1975.

Career

Teacher, Northfield (Massachusetts) High School, 1947-1954; teacher, Greenfield (Massachusetts) High School, 1963-1964; teacher, Middleborough (Massachusetts) High School, 1964-1969; library, Memorial Junior High School, Middleborough, 1969-1986; curator, Aptucxet Trading Post Museum/Bourne (Massachusetts) History Society, since 1989. Speaker in field.

Achievements

• Eleanor Agnes Merriam Hammond has been listed as a noteworthy Historical society curator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Monument Beach (Massachusetts) Civic Association, since 1985, Friends of Council on Aging, Bourne, since 1991. Member Wareham Business and Professional Woman's Organization (president 1980-1983, Business Woman of Year 1989), Massachusetts Federation Business and Professional Women Foundation (state chair 1985-1986), Massachusetts Federation Business and Professional Women (state chair council on future of women in workplace 1987-1991, district nominating committee chairman 1991-1992), Massachusetts Archaeol. Society (state education chairman since 1991), Aptucxet Garden Club (awards chair 1991-1992).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, travel, reading, archeology.

Connections

Daughter of Walter Scott Merriam and Grace Lavinia (Carpenter) Merriam Atwood;m. John Stephen Hammond, July 27, 1952 (divorced 1965). Children: Beth Ellen, Laura Jean Hammond Kulmala.

Father:

Walter Scott Merriam Atwood

Mother:

Grace Lavinia (Carpenter) Merriam Atwood

Spouse:

John Stephen Hammond

child:

Laura Jean Hammond Kulmala Hammond

child:

Beth Ellen Hammond