Florence S. Bakkum

Title: Florence S. Bakkum
LC Subject: Universities and colleges--Faculty Portraits Science Education Bakkum, Florence Stahl
Creator: Hise Studio
Description: Florence S. Bakkum was an Acting Instructor in Mathematics at Oregon State from 1942 to 1951 and then from 1954 until her death in 1983. She received her bachelor’s degree from Grinnell College in 1916 and her master’s degree from Cornell in 1924. She was born in Fairville, Iowa, in 1893. Before working at OSC, she was a homemaker. She was still married when she began working for OSC. She was well traveled, having gone to many European countries. She received $700 per term to teach mathematics. She initially was brought on on a term-by-term basis, as the university may have been losing faculty who left for war service. By the end of her first winter term at OSC, they approved for her to work spring term as well. By 1943, she was listed as a mathematics instructor in the military program. By 1945, she was given a raise to $800 for fall term. It seems as though she had retired in 1951 but was brought out of retirement to help the expanding science department. By 1955, she was making $4,020 for 10 months. In 1956, that was raised to $4,220 for 10 months. In 1957, it was raised to $5,300 for 10 months. By the time she died, she had been promoted to Assistant Professor.
Work Type: photographic prints photographs black-and-white photographs
Date: 1947
Identifier: P092:0063
Rights: In Copyright
Local Collection Name: President's Office Photographs, 1923-1998 (P 092)
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center Historical Images of Oregon State University
Primary Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Institution: Oregon State University