Nancy Hamilton, 1986
Nancy Hamilton, 1986
Nancy Hamilton poses with the Hicks-Middagh Award in 1986. Nancy Corrine Miller Hamilton was born August 22, 1929 in El Paso, Texas. In 1968, she married Ralph E. Hamilton and became the stepmother of his children, James (Jay) and Jeannie. She graduated from Austin High School and received her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and a Master of Arts degree in English from Texas Western College (UTEP). She has spent her entire professional career in El Paso in the fields of writing, journalism, public relations and as a local historian. She worked for the El Paso Times, El Paso Independent School District, El Paso Herald-Post and for UTEP. There, she worked in media relations and then became Associate Director of Texas Western Press at UTEP, serving until her retirement in 1990. She became Assistant Editor of the Roundup, the magazine of the Western Writers of America and served two years as president of that organization. She also was Assistant Editor of UTEP's Nova. Hamilton also edited publications (like the El Paso County Historical Society's Password), authored and published books. She is a Past Sheriff of the local Mt. Franklin Corral of the Westerners International and long time secretary-treasurer of the Pioneers Association of El Paso County. She has received the Phillip E. Danielson Award from the Westerners International, honorary membership in the Zeta Pi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gama and is listed in Who's Who in Media Communications, Who's Who in the South and Southwest and Who's Who in American Women. She was selected as the Outstanding Ex-Student of Austin High School in 1990. She also served on various committees and groups. In 2013, Hamilton was inducted in El Paso County Historical Society's Hall of Honor. Her professional contributions to the community have been enhanced through her collecting of Mexican folk art paintings known as retables, which have been exhibited in El Paso, New Mexico and around the nation. Source: http://www.elpasohistory.com/hall-of-honor/2-uncategorised/99-hoh-nancy-m-hamilton
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