Tanetta Vester was born in Jerusalem in 1908. Vester, a member of the class of 1930, majored in geology, minored in sociology, and graduated with honors. She was a member of the Judicial Board, Glee Club, Cosmopolitan Club, Silver Bay Club, a cabinet member of the Mount Holyoke Y.W.C.A., and chair of the Campus Service Committee. Later in life she was a member of Mount Holyoke Club of England. During the Student Scientific Meeting on April 19, 1930, a campus wide academic event at Mount Holyoke that brought together all seven science departments for the first time, she took on the role of geology department chair.
After graduation, she attended the Pennsylvania School of Social Work. In 1931, Vester served as private secretary to Mr. Adamson, the architect overseeing the construction of the new Y.W.C.A. building in Jerusalem. In 1932, she began working with the New Hampshire Welfare Department. During her first marriage, from 1932 to 1946, she lived in Cairo and Jerusalem. After her marriage ended in 1947, Vester moved to England. She studied hotel management at the Hyde Park Hotel in London and aspired to manage her family’s hotel, the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem. The Shell Company recognized Vester’s education and hired her as a senior member of staff, looking after Shell personnel from all over the world who were visiting England. After her second husband passed away, Tanetta moved to Berkeley in Gloucestershire to be near her family. In 1980 she journeyed back to the United States for the 50th Reunion at Mount Holyoke.