Background
Hammer, Jane Amelia Ross was born on April 9, 1916 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Otho Bescent and Lucy (Harris) Ross.
Hammer, Jane Amelia Ross was born on April 9, 1916 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Otho Bescent and Lucy (Harris) Ross.
Bachelor of Arts North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1936. Master of Arts, University North Carolina, 1937. Postgraduate, Radcliffe College.
Postgraduate, New England Conservatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1939.
Charter member North Carolina Symphony, 1933-1936. Member faculty philosophy Spelman College, Atlanta, 1946-1958. Bd directors, PiPa Tag, Inc., Tarpon Springs, Florida, 1995-2007.
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Director training programs Overseas Education Fund United States League of Women Voters, Washington, 1962-1963, member registration and voting projects staff Education Fund League of Women Voters, 1964-1965, director Inner City Project in 10 United States cities, 1965-1967, member special projects committee, 1970-1975, advisor natural resources committee League of Women Voters of Florida, Palm Harbor, 1990-1992, board directors League of Women Voters Atlanta and State of Georgia, 1942-1961, president League of Women Voters of North Pinellas County, Florida, 1989-1990. Appointed public representative member committee for feasibility study of health of residents of Pinellas County, United States Department Energy and Florida Department Health and Rehabilitation Services, 1991-1994. Co-chairman OASIS Coalition for Integration of Public Schools, Atlanta, 1960-1961.
Member board overseers Dag Hammerskjold College, Columbia, Maryland, 1968-1971. President FMMC Music Club Inc., Washington, 1973-1976, trustee foundation, Washington International Competition, 1968-1971. Treasurer Heriot-Watt University Philosophical Society, Washington and Florida, 1975-2008.
Member President Clinton's National Steering Committee, 1995-2000. Partner President Obama, 2009-2010. Member National Women's Democratic Club.
Chairman's circuit Democratic National Committee, 2007. Member Friday Morning Music Club (Washington), The Social List (Washington), Cromwell Association, Clan Ross Association, Chi Omega.
Married Philip Gibbon Hammer, August 27, 1937. Children: Philip Junior, Thomas Ross, Michael Levering.