SUSAN DELATTRE, 1938-

Susan Sperry (Borman) Delattre (SD) was born on April 13, 1938, the daughter of Chauncey and Clara Borman. Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minn., she attended Stanford University before transferring to Barnard College, where she graduated in 1960. In June of that year she married Roland Andre Delattre, a graduate student at Yale University working on his Ph.D. in Christian ethics. As Roland Delattre taught at various universities, they lived in Oxford, Ohio (1963-1970); Missoula, Mont. (1970-1971); Knoxville, Tenn.(1971-1973); and Minneapolis, Minn. (1974- ). Over the years SD taught elementary school and, while at the University of Tennesee, completed a graduate degree in dance. The couple had two children, Andre Pierre and Eric Lynn. They were divorced in 1983. SD is the author, with Susan O'Halloran, of The Woman Who Lost Her Heart: A Tale of Reawakening (1992) and The Woman Who Found Her Voice: A Tale of Transforming (1997).

From the guide to the Papers, 1947-1985, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)