Jane Hawley Hawkes Liddell

Background

Liddell, Jane Hawley Hawkes was born on December 8, 1907 in Newark. Daughter of Edward Zeh and Mary Everett (Hawley) Hawkes.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Smith College, 1931. Postgraduate in art history, Harvard University, 1933-1935. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1940.

Carnegie fellow Sorbonne, Paris, 1937.

Career

President, Planned Parenthood Essex County (New Jersey), 1947-1950. Trustee Prospect Hill School Girls, Newark, 1946-1950. Member of advisory board, publicity and public relations chairman New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1952-1960.

Secretary, then vice president women"s branch New Jersey History Society.

Women"s auxiliary production chairman Englewood (New Jersey) Hospital, 1959-1961. President Dwight School GirlsParents Association, 1955-1957.

Vice president Englewood School Boys Parents Association, 1958-1960. Member Altar Guild, women"s auxiliary board, rector"s advisory council Saint Paul"s Episcopal Church, Englewood, 1954-1959.

Board director New York State Society of National Society Colonial Dames, 1961-1967, representative conference Patriotic and History Societies, 1964.

Board directors Huguenot Society American, 1979-1986, regional vice president, 1979-1982, historian, 1983-1984, co-chairman Tercentennial Book, 1983-1985. Board directors Society Daus. Holland Dames, 1965-1982.

National junior vice president Dames of Loyal Legion, United States of America.

Board directors, member publications committee Daus. Cincinnati, 1966-1972.

Board directors Church Women"s League Patriotic Service, 1962, president, 1968-1970, 72-74. Board directors, chairman grants committee Youth Foundation, New York City, 1974.

Chairman for Newark, Smith College 75th Annual Fund, 1948-1950.

President North New Jersey Smith Club, 1956-1958. President Smith College Class 1931, 1946-1951, 76-81, editor 50thanniversary book, 1980-1981. Author: (with others) Huguenot Refugees in the Settling of Colonial America, 1982-1985.

Contributor The Dutch Contribution to the Development of Early Manhattan, 1969.

Achievements

• Jane Hawley Hawkes Liddell has been listed as a noteworthy civic worker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of advisory board, publicity and public relations chairman New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1952-1960. Member Altar Guild, women"s auxiliary board, rector"s advisory council Saint Paul"s Episcopal Church, Englewood, 1954-1959. Member Colonial Dames American (New York City chapter).

Clubs: Colony, City Gardens, Church (New York City).

Connections

Married Donald M. Liddell, Junior, March 30, 1940. Children: Jane Boyer, Doctorate. Roger Brooke.

Father:

Edward Zeh Hawkes

Mother:

Mary Everett(Hawley) Hawkes

Spouse:

Donald M. Liddell

child:

D. Roger Brooke Liddell

child:

Jane Boyer Liddell