Dr. Yasmin Tyler-Hill '76 was awarded the 2016 Servant Leadership Award from the Georgia Legislative Women's Caucus. Her servant leadership was recognized by the Georgia State House of Representatives, Representative Pat Gardner, who described Dr. Tyler-Hill as a unique community leader. In honor of Women's History Month, this award ceremony was in conjunction with Georgia's Yellow Rose Day, which is a day to commemorate the passing of the women's suffrage legislation.Dr. Yasmin Tyler-Hill is currently Chairperson of the Department of Pediatrics at Morehouse Medical School and Medical Director of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding. She obtained her undergraduate degree in biology from Princeton University and medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina. In 1992, Dr. Tyler-Hill was honored as a Holton's Distinguished Alumna, which is given to an individual for recognition for professional or volunteer service accomplishments. "She remembers Holton as the place where she developed much of her philosophy about her work ethic and life's goals. To this day, she lives her life by the Holton's motto: "I will find a way or make one," as written in her Morehouse School of Medicine biography.
Congratulations Yasmin on this accomplishment!
