Adele S. Simmons | |
|---|---|
 Simmons in 2016 | |
| 2nd President of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | |
| In office 1989–1999 | |
| Preceded by | John E. Corbally |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan F. Fanton |
| 3rd President of Hampshire College | |
| In office 1977–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Charles R. Longsworth |
| Succeeded by | Gregory S. Prince Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Adele Dunlap Smith June 21, 1941 Lake Forest, Illinois, United States |
| Spouse |
John Leroy Simmons (after 1966) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Hermon Dunlap Smith Ellen Thorne |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College (B.A., 1963) University of Oxford (Ph.D., 1969) |
Adele Smith Simmons (born June 21, 1941) is an American academic, business director, philanthropist, academic administrator, the third president of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, from 1977 to 1989 and the second president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation from 1989 to 1999.[1] Simmons also served as the dean of student affairs at Princeton University, from 1972 to 1977, where she was the first female dean.
Simmons currently serves as the president of the Global Philanthropy Partnership, a Chicago-based organization that "provides information and resources to donors and donor advisors interested in addressing issues of global importance."[2]
- ^ Wilson Smith; Thomas Bender (7 March 2008). American Higher Education Transformed, 1940–2005: Documenting the National Discourse. JHU Press. pp. 118–. ISBN 978-0-8018-9585-2.
- ^ "Global Philanthropy Partnership - Chicago, Illinois". Global Philanthropy Partnership. Retrieved 2016-03-29.