Margaret Lumpkin

Title: Margaret Lumpkin
LC Subject: Universities and colleges--Faculty Portraits Education Lumpkin, Margaret, 1924-
Description: Dr. Margaret Catherine Lumpkin was an Assistant Professor in the Women’s College of Physical Education, and a Professor for the College of Education from 1948 to 1984. She was born in 1924 in Franklin, North Carolina. She received her Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Woman’s College of U.N.C. in 1944; and her Master pf Science in Physical Education from Wellesley college in 1945. After working in OSU’s Department of Women’s Physical Education for twelve years, she transferred to the College of Education in 1955 as a part-time instructor, to work on her Doctor of Education degree. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1961, associate professor in 1967, and full professor in 1970. While working as a physical education instructor, she served as interim Assistant to the Dean in 1954 when the former Dean of Women, Dean Bash, passed away. During her time as acting Assistant to the Dean of Women, she made one promotion trip each year for OSU. In doing so, she observed significant issues in OSU’s promotional and informational programs, and compiled a letter of recommendations to the university. Throughout her tenure at OSU, Professor Lumpkin was a source of critical improvement for many programs. She additionally served on a committee to evaluate OSU’s programs on child and adolescent psychology, although she felt her suggestions from this process were ignored. She frequently expressed frustration at how rarely university officials took her suggestions. Before coming to OSU, she was an instructor at Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, and an instructor at Dana Hall School, in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She was also an experienced camp counselor, and spent many years with Camp Sherwood, a camp for underprivileged children. At various other camps, she often held titles including Head of Tennis, Head of Waterfront, or Director of Training for Counselors. She was a member of numerous women’s athletic clubs, and was an instructor for American Red Cross Swimming. She took sabbatical leave three times in her career at OSU. The first was fall term of 1963, which she took to complete a post-doctoral study in Child and Adolescent Psychology at the University of North Carolina, for which she took full salary. Then, again, in the winter and spring terms of 1969-70, for which she received 2/3rd of her current salary. Finally, she took sabbatical leave winter and spring terms of the 1976-77 school year, to travel to South America and Australia, for the purpose of observing cultural and educational differences in adolescence. She also took this time to co-author a Consumer’s Guide to Educational Materials for use in public schools. Additionally, she attended workshops and conferences on psychological aspects of adolescence, civil rights in education, and textbook selection procedures. For this final sabbatical, she took 5/8 salary. While at OSU, she was involved in numerous committees. She was on the board of Sunflower House, was the acting Chairperson of Oregon Women in Higher Education, and was part of Oregon Women’s Political Caucus. She was deeply involved in women’s advocacy groups, such as the Women’s Alliance for Passage of Equal Rights Amendment, a counselor at the Women’s Study Center, and served on the Advisory Committee for the Women’s Study Center. She assisted in GED tutoring for high school dropouts, and was also on the Advisory Committee to the Office of Women’s Studies. She was recognized in writing by the burgeoning Women’s Studies program as having donated significant time and energy to the genesis of the program. In 1977, she became the Coordinator of Support and Special Services, although she had to resign from this position due to an overloaded schedule. In late 1982, she underwent major surgery, and took the rest of the year at half-time sick leave at her doctor’s recommendation. In 1982, she retired at a salary of $31,005, and returned at half-time for the next two years. She received Emeritus status in 1984.
Work Type: photographic prints photographs black-and-white photographs
Date: 1948-01
Identifier: P092:0931
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