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In memory of
Mrs. Sandra Noll Hammond
Sandra's timeline
1935
Born
December 21st, 1935
Shawnee, OK
1940
Moved
1940
Fayetteville, AR
1942
Sandra started ballet at Sue Keller Studio
1942
Fayetteville, AR
1954
Started college University of Arkansas
1954
Fayetteville, AR
1956
Started college at The Juilliard School
1956
1957
Started a job at School of Ballet Reperatory & The Metropolitan Opera Ballet School
1957
Got married to Philip Hammond
1957
Fayetteville, AR
1958
Started a job at Connecticut Opera Company
1958
Hartford, CT
1961
Started a job at Pacific Ballet
1961
San Francisco, CA
1962
Had a child, Jared Hammond
September 12th, 1962
1968
Had a child, Dana Kirkland
January 16th, 1968
1970
Started a job at The University of Arizona as Co-Founder of the Dance Program & Director of Dance Faculty
1970
Tucson, AZ
1971
Started a job at Arizona Dance Theater
1971
Tucson, AZ
1974
Wrote 1st Book - “Ballet Basics”
1974
Tucson, AZ
1979
Started a job at University of California, Santa Barbara
1979
Santa Barbara, CA
1982
Wrote 2nd Book - “Ballet: Beyond the Basics”
1982
Santa Barbara, CA
1985
Started a job at Full Professor and Director of Dance at The University of Hawaii, Manoa
1985
Honolulu, HI
1989
Received the University of Hawaii Presidential Citation of Meritorious Teaching
1989
Honolulu, HI
1993
Got married to Armand Russell
January 2nd, 1993
Honolulu, HI
1995
Moved
1995
Santa Rosa, CA
2009
Received Lifetime Achievement Award from CORPS de Ballet International
2009
2023
Moved
2023
Reno, NV
2025
Passed away
September 13th, 2025
Reno, NV
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Created with love by
Alison Dalrymple (Sandra's family friend) and
Dana Kirkland (Sandra's daughter).
