Massachusetts, from 1977 to 1989. Simmons, the first woman president of Hampshire College, was one of very few women to head a coeducational college in the United States during her term as president. During her term as president, Simmons raised Hampshire's endowment by $8 million and raised the number of students receiving financial aid from 20 percent, on her arrival in 1977, to 50 percent. At Hampshire College, the Adele Simmons Hall (or ASH), a facility that is home to Hampshire's School of Cognitive Science, was named in her honor. Other administrative positions Simmons has also held several other administrative positions throughout her career. "Mrs. Simmons also served as a director of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., since 1978 until May 20, 2015. She served as president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, from 1989 to 1999. She previously served as a director of ShoreBank. She served as a director of First Chicago Corporation, since 1990 and The First National Bank of Chicago, a subsidiary of First Chicago Corporation. She served as a director of First Chicago NBD, since December 1995. Simmons is the current president of the Global Philanthropy Partnership. Simmons serves as a senior associate of the Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago and vice chair of Chicago Metropolis 2020 (Metropolis Strategies). She 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. She serves as advisory trustee of Environmental Defense Fund. She 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." Personal life Simmons, then Adele Dunlap Smith, married John Leroy Simmons on September 18, 1966. The couple have three children. In August 2013, Simmons and her husband, John, sold their 8,500-square-foot, six-bedroom Lincoln Park, Chicago home on Arlington Place for nearly $2.83 million. References Presidents of Hampshire College Radcliffe College alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford People from Lake Forest, Illinois Living people 1941 births Garrison Forest School people