Some people inherit the title of lady, while others are awarded the honor.
Ruth Mott actually lived it. Mrs. Mott served as a Trustee of the Mott Foundation from 1943 to 1975, at which time she became an active Trustee Emeritus. Indeed, she attended her last Board of Trustees meeting in February 1995. Always imbued with humanness and kindly warmth, she brought to the Board of Trustees an awareness that the most significant projects are built about people, that people are not masses but individuals, and that every person is of great worth. I consider myself lucky to have known Ruth more than 37 years and, in my mind, her most important legacy to the Mott Foundation was her awareness that all people, as individuals, are important.