Notable Alumnae
Education
AUDREY FORBES MANLEY, M.D., MPH (C’55) – Academician,
physician
and
public
health
professional;
President
Emerita
of
Spelman College, she was the eighth president,
and
the first alumna to serve in this capacity; Rear Admiral
(Retired), United States Public Health Service; Former
Acting
Surgeon
General of the United States.
MERCHURIA CHASE WILLIAMS (C’69) – President
of the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) for 2002 – 2004;
Her career in education includes serving as coordinator
of media services for the Atlanta Public Schools, a school
library media specialist and classroom teacher.
A. TOY CALDWELL-COLBERT,
Ph.D.
(C’73) – Senior Research Associate
with
the
American
Council
on
Education’s Center
for
Advancement
of
Racial
and
Ethnic
Equity;
A
board-certified
clinical
psychologist,
her
areas
of
professional
and
research
expertise
include
anxiety
disorders,
adolescent
adjustment
and
ethnic
minority
issues
in
clinical
training
and
development;
Member
of
the
Spelman
College
Board
of
Trustees.
EVELYNN M. HAMMONDS, Ph.D. (C’76) – Professor
of
the
History
of Science and Afro American Studies at Harvard University,
an
appointment which made her the fourth Black woman tenured
within
the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
LISA D. COOK, Ph.D. (C’86) -- National
Fellow
at
the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; Research
Fellow
and Faculty at the Kennedy School of Government and
Deputy
Director, Africa Research at the Center for International
Development
at Harvard University; Member of the Spelman College Board
of Trustees.
MARLA F. FREDERICK, Ph.D. (C'94) -- Assistant
Professor
of
African
and
African
American
Studies
and
of
the
Study
of
Religion
at
Harvard
University;
Author
of
the
book,
Between
Sundays:
Black
Women
and
Everyday
Struggles
of
Faith,
an ethnographic study of the role of religion in
a southern
rural
community.
SAADIA CAVE BAKER (C'98) -- A teacher
at
Alonzo
Herndon
Elementary
School
located
in
Atlanta's
inner-city
Vine
City
community;
Honored
as
the
2003-2004
Teacher
of
the
Year
and
received
the
Perseverance
Award
(2003);
Recipient
of
the
Atlanta
Public
Schools
National
Board
of
Professional
Teaching
Standards
scholarship.
