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Cornelia Storrs Adair was a William & Mary student in 1921-1923, Phi Beta Kappa 1927, and the first woman recipient of the Alumni Medallion in 1934. She was also a teacher, the president of National Education Association in 1928, and a member of the Richmond Chapter of Virginia Society for Crippled Children and Adults in 1946.

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"Cornelia Storrs Adair" Encyclopedia Virginia. Accessed August 25, 2016.

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