EDITH CULVER HAGAR, 1901-2001

Edith (Culver) Hagar was born May 2, 1901 in Taunton, Mass. The daughter of Henry Herbert Culver (1860-1959), owner of the Elizabeth Poole Cotton Mill in Taunton, and Estella Carey (Foulds) Culver (1872-1944), she graduated from Taunton High School in 1918, and received her A.B. from Radcliffe College in 1922. She had one brother, Henry (whom she sometimes called "Hen"), and a half-sister, Elizabeth. In 1924 she married Donald Chisholm Hagar (1900-1998), Harvard Class of 1922. They had two children: Donald (1926- ) and Cynthia (1929- ). ECH was active in volunteer work, raising money for local hospitals, participating in garden clubs, church groups and women's clubs. She took courses through the Radcliffe Seminars. On July 9, 2001, Edith Hagar died in Sunrise Assisted Living, Cohasset, Mass. She is buried in the Marshfield Hills Cemetery in Marshfield Hills, Mass. For additional biographical information, see the Radcliffe reunion reports for the Class of 1922.

From the guide to the Papers, 1905-2000, (Radcliffe College Archives, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)