16 Facts About Adele Simmons

Adele Simmons served as the dean of student affairs at Princeton University, from 1972 to 1977, where she was the first female dean.

Adele Simmons grew up in Lake Forest, Illinois, an affluent suburb of Chicago.

Adele Simmons's has two sisters, Deborah Haight and Ellen Buchen, and one brother, Farwell Smith.

Adele Simmons later attended Garrison Forest School, an exclusive girls' boarding school outside Baltimore, Maryland.

Adele Simmons subsequently attended Oxford University in Oxford, England, where she graduated with a Ph.

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Adele Simmons went on to work as a reporter for The Economist from 1968 to 1969, where she covered North Africa before returning to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Adele Simmons served as president of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, from 1977 to 1989.

Adele Simmons has held several other administrative positions throughout her career.

Adele Simmons's served as president of the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation, from 1989 to 1999.

Adele Simmons's served as a director of First Chicago Corporation, since 1990 and The First National Bank of Chicago, a subsidiary of First Chicago Corporation.

Adele Simmons's served as a director of First Chicago NBD, since December 1995.

Adele Simmons is the current president of the Global Philanthropy Partnership.

Adele Simmons serves as a senior associate of the Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago and vice chair of Chicago Metropolis 2020 .

Adele Simmons's serves as a director of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Synergos Institute, the Rocky Mountain Institute, the Global Fund for Women, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and The American Prospect.

Adele Simmons's serves as advisory trustee of Environmental Defense Fund.

Adele Simmons's is chair of the committee to visit the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, a member of the Advisory Board of the World Bank Institute and a senior advisor to The World Economic Forum.