Smith Athletics Hall of Fame
Gloria Heath ‘43 was a competitive and dedicated 3-sport athlete at Smith College, going on to compete nationally and internationally in women's lacrosse. Playing basketball, ice hockey, and lacrosse as an undergraduate at Smith, she was a member of the US Reserve Lacrosse team, as well as a member of the touring team that went to Great Britain in 1951. She also served as the President of the U.S. Women’s Lacrosse Association, and was elected to the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2006. Away from the fields at Smith, Heath also founded the Smith College Flying Club, and was one of the 1,803 women accepted to the Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II, and flew a B-26 Bomber for pilot gunnery practice.
