Priscilla Payne Hurd

Mrs Hurd was born on September 26, 1919 in Evanston, IL. Prill was the daughter of the late Frank E. and Seba B. Payne of Chicago, IL. She was the wife of George A. Hurd, Sr. who worked for the legal and finance departments of the Bethlehem Steel Company. Mr. Hurd died in 2002. Mrs. Hurd spent most of her childhood in Glencoe, IL. She attended the North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, IL, The Madeira School in McLean, VA, and Finch College in New York City. Mrs. Hurd moved to Bethlehem, PA in 1946 when she married George A. Hurd, Sr. Was the first woman board member and 1st woman chairperson of the board at St. Lukes Hospital, the first woman board member and the 1st woman chairperson at Moravian College, and the 1st woman board member and chairperson of the National Museum of Industrial History. Mrs. Hurd graduated in 1938 from the Madeira School, a private boarding school for girls near Washington, D.C. She is a 1942 graduate of Finch College and the University of Chicago. Her interests led her to the New York School of Radio Technique, from which she graduated in 1943. In the 1950’s, Mrs. Hurd produced and directed a weekly radio show, “UN Calling You,” from Lehigh University. In addition to her work in radio, she was a columnist for the Bloomington Indiana Tribune.