Background
Tuin, Mary Bramson Van der was born on December 28, 1939 in Tiquisate, Guatemala. Came to the United States, 1957.
Tuin, Mary Bramson Van der was born on December 28, 1939 in Tiquisate, Guatemala. Came to the United States, 1957.
Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1961. Certified teacher, Swarthmore College, 1981. Master of Arts in Educational Administration, Michigan State University, 1992.
Teacher's aide, Wellesley (Massachusetts) College Nursery School, 1960; recreation aide, Judge Baker Guidance Clinic, Boston, 1961; teacher English and history, St. Dunstan's Episcopal School, Christiansted, United States.V.I., 1964-1965; teacher history, Marple-Newtown (Pennsylvania) Senior H.S., 1967-1974; teacher history, Springside School, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, 1976-1984; director upper school, Springside School, Chestnut Hill, 1975-1980; headmistress, Kingswood School Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1980-1985; headmistress, Eton Academy, Birmingham, Michigan, since 1986. Evaluator Indiana Schools Association of Control States, Downers Grove, Illinois, since 1984, North Control Association Colleges Schools, Ann Arbor, Michigan, since 1990.
President Association Indiana Michigan Schools, 1982-1985, 2001-2003. Board directors Overseas Education Fund, Washington, 1978-1980, Indiana Educational Services, Princeton, New Jersey, 1982-1985, Henry Ford Medical Center, West Bloomfield, 1990-1996, Arts Foundation of Michigan, Detroit, 1992-1996, Reading to Reduce Recidivism, 1994-1999, The Friends' School, Detroit, 1997-2000. Member school board Wallingford-Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) School District, 1975-1978.
President Birmingham Community Coalition, 2000-2003, board member Kingsbury School, since 2003, Education Freedom Fund, since 2003. Member Michigan Association Learning Disabilities Educators, Association Indiana Michigan Schools (president 2000-2003).
Daughter of George Peabody Junior and Edelgard (Kohkemper-Meza) Hamlin. (divorced); children: Rachel Bramson, Ruth Bramson.