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Hope College's first women's athletic director dies after battle with cancer Hope College and last updated 2021-04-09 13:09:19-04 HOLLAND, Mich. — Hope College’s first director of women’s athletics, Anne E. Irwin, has died at age 79 after a battle with cancer. Irwin died April 3 at her home in Fennville. It was her wish to be cremated and interred at the Fennville Cemetery without a memorial or funeral service, according to a news release Friday. She arrived at Hope College in 1976, right when Title IX – the mandate that required equal treatment of men and women at federa...

Hope College’s First Women’s AD Dies By Gary Stevens FENNVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – A pioneer at Hope College has died. Officials with the Holland-based school announced on Friday, April 9, 2021, the death of Anne E. Irwin, the first director of women’s athletics at Hope, from the effects of cancer at the age of 79. During her tenure, from 1976 to her retirement in 2003, she created 10 interscholastic women’s teams, with participation growing to three fold in that span. Dr. Irwin was also the head coach of the Flying Dutch in basketball, softball and field hocke...