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| Personal Data |
| Name: Ruth Hildebrand |
| Address: Washington, D.C. |
| Date of Birth: 1900 |
| Date of Death: 1988 |
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| Red Cross Service: |
| Dates of Service and Type |
| Volunteer - |
| Job Title(s) |
| 1. National Chairman of Volunteers, 1968-1972 |
| 2. National Vice Chairman of Volunteers, 1964-1968 |
| 3. Chairman of Volunteers, District of Columbia Chapter |
| 4. Gray Lady |
| Service Location: Chapter, National Sector Office |
| Service: National Headquarters, Service to the Military/AFES, Chapter Leadership/Governance |
| War Service: World War II |
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| Career Highlights: |
| Ruth Moorhead Hildebrand, of Washington, D.C., had a long career of service and leadership in the Red Cross volunteer infrastructure. She began this work as a "Gray Lady" at George Washington University Hospital during World War II and later became Chairman of Volunteers in the District of Columbia Chapter.
Mrs. Hildebrand moved to the Red Cross national headquarters in 1964 where she worked as National Vice Chairman of Volunteers until 1968. From 1968-1972, she served as National Chairman of Volunteers and worked full time as the leader of 1,600,000 American Red Cross volunteers in this country and in many overseas locations.
Among Mrs. Hildebrand's achievements was a national reorganization of the Office of Red Cross Volunteers. This led to increased Red Cross participation in community volunteer programs such as drug abuse education, control of delinquency and crime, assistance to the handicapped and elderly, service in hospitals, clinics, and recreation centers and playgrounds.
She gave special attention to recruiting young volunteers and stressed greater involvement in Red Cross disaster relief. The largest single recruiting effort in Mrs. Hildebrand's four year chairmanship was the special Red Cross assignment of Project FIND, in which volunteers personally contacted Social Security beneficiaries. Some 30,000 Red Cross volunteers took part in this program.
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