M. Irene Leach

Title
M. Irene Leach
LC Subject
Universities and colleges--Faculty Portraits Oregon State College. Federal Cooperative Extension Service
Description
M. Irene Leach was an Assistant Professor and home demonstration agent as OSC from 1940 to 1941, for a salary of $2,400. She was born in 1906, in Minot, North Dakota. She received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education and institutional management from Montana State College in 1930. She attended Colorado State College summer session of 1933, and Oregon State College summer sessions 1936, 1939, and 1940 to receive her Master’s degree in Home Economics. The topic of her master’s thesis was “Housing in High School.” Before coming to OSC, she spent a cumulative ten years as Head of Home Economics departments in Oregon and Montana. She published an article titled “Apprentice Teaching at Oregon City” for Forecast Magazine in December of 1939. She also had experience teaching in rural environments, and was a former waitress for three summers. In 1941, she resigned to be married.
Work Type
photographic prints photographs black-and-white photographs
Date
1936
Identifier
P092:0302
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
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