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The Spelman Alumnae Association was organized in May 1892, with
Clara Howard, Class of 1887, as President. With great foresight,
Miss Howard envisioned the growth and development of Spelman College.
With futuristic projections of the college attracting students
nationwide, the organization was called the National Alumnae Association
of Spelman College from its beginning in 1892.
Claudia White Harreld, Class of 1901, was elected President in
1902. She was the first Secretary of the Alumnae Office and published
the first Alumnae Directory. At the 1925 meeting, the alumnae
discussed plans for giving the College some memorial to Miss Grover
and Miss Werden (associates of the two founders, and instructors).
The suggestion made by Mrs. Gertrude Fisher Anderson, that the
memorial be a fountain, was adopted. A spot on the campus between
Packard and Morehouse Halls was selected as the site. The Grover-Werden
Memorial Fountain was dedicated on May 31, 1927 with Miss Harreld
presiding.
The national website can be accessed at www.naasc.org
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.PRESIDENTS OF THE NATIONAL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF SPELMAN
COLLEGE
1892-1902 Clara Howard, HS 1887**
1902 Claudia White Harreld, C 1902**
1928-29 Manie Cohron Carter, C 1902**
1929-34 Lena Miles Davis, HS 1906**
1934-38 Ernestine Anthony Lipscomb, C 1932
1938-42 Margaret Nabrit Curry, C 1924**
1942-46 Gertrude Fisher Anderson, C 1912**
1946-50 Julia Pate Borders, C 1929**
1950-54 Ernestine Erskine Brazeal, C 1928
1954-59 Josephine Harreld Love, C 1933
1959-61 Naomah Wiliams Maise, C 1932**
1961-68 Florence Morrison Hogan, C 1931**
1968-72 Lynette Saine Gaines, C 1940
1972-76 Florence Morrison Hogan, C 1931**
1976-78 Helen Barnett Humphrey, C 1945
1982-86 Dorothy Mapp Pleasant, C 1952
1986-88 Ora Sterling King, C 1954
1988-90 Mildred Collier Walton, C 1947
1990-92 Gloria Watts Davis, C 1960
1992-96 Mary Lynne Diggs, C 1977
1996-98 Louise Jackson-Williams, C 1973
1998- 00 Pearline Adamson Davis, C 1958
2000-02 Phoebe Lydia Bailey, C 1966
2002-04 Rosa King Kilpatrick, C'1970
2004-Present Marian Rucker-Shamu C'1965
2007-Present Deidra L. Fryer, C’1984
** Deceased
NAASC PURPOSE AND PRAYER
- To unite and promote fellowship among Spelman women
- To encourage individual financial support to the College through
annual giving
- To stimulate interest among young women to attend Spelman
- To inform membership of current developments within the organization
and the College
- To honor Spelman women who have given outstanding service
in any particular field
- To improve communications between chapters and persons in
areas where no alumnae chapter exists
- To encourage and promote new chapters in all states
- To promote the continuing growth and development of alumnae
through mutual self-help, leadership opportunities, and various
cooperative activities, and
- To sustain interest in the welfare of the college.
THE NATIONAL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF SPELMAN COLLEGE PRAYER
by Virginia Turner Dowell, Class of 1947
Almighty God, maker of all humankind,
Bless those that are gathered here in unity of purpose.
Instill within our hearts love and respect for each other.
Open our minds to new ideas;
Give us patient wisdom and foresight to plan,
And carry out those plans.
Give us calm strength to build for the future,
To lead, to teach, to create, to select, to govern, to direct,
And in doing so, engender true sisterhood.
Help us to enkindle that which is just, true and good
For our Alma Mater, Spelman College.
We ask this in the name of one God,
Now and forever.
Amen
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