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Bay Pathway Spring/Summer 2020
The early 1960s in the Big Apple was an
exciting era—think Mad Men on Madison
Avenue and beatniks in Greenwich
Village—and Ann was not only in the
thick of activity, but with her associate
degree in secretarial science, she was also
equipped to work in the most popular
occupation for women at the time.
PLANNED GIVING
PHILANTHROPY
FOUND US.
For Ann Bailey
Hammer '62, '13 and
Neil "Bob" Hammer,
giving back runs in
the family.
Ann Hammer's first job after
graduating from Bay Path was
with the Ford Foundation. It was
1962, and the Wellesley native
found herself in New York City,
an epicenter of business and
culture, working for one of the
world's largest philanthropic
organizations. "Philanthropy found
m e , " s t a t e s A n n . " T h e F o r d
Foundation taught me so much."
