Mary Iola Bash was the Assistant Dean of Women from 1946 to 1953. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1914 from the University of Washington. She was born in 1891, in Port Townsend, Washington. As a child, she traveled between China and New York often, due to her father’s work in railroads. He built the first railroads in China. Before coming to OSC, she was a high school teacher and worked for the YMCA. She was also a manager of student housing at the University of Washington. Her friend Grace W. Carman was listed as her beneficiary. Carman was notified by the Good Samaritan Hospital that the College Administration Council made a gift of $15 to the Mary Bash memorial following Bash’s death. Her annual salary was initially $3000. A parent of a female student who visited with Bash in 1948 said this of her: “She has vision and foresight concerning girls problems, with a directness for action, plus a sincere, interested intent, with a most friendly manner, with guidance definitely the keynote.” When she became the acting dean of women in 1948, her salary rose to $4,400 a year. She was affiliated with the National Association of Deans of Women. She died in 1953.
Martha Ruth Morton was the Assistant Dean of Women from 1948 to 1953. She was born February 20, 1923 in Sharon, Pennsylvania, and lived in Ohio at the time of her application. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College in 1944, where she majored in Latin and minored in education and mathematics. She earned her Master of Arts from Syracuse University in 1946 in the field of student personnel administration, where she completed a research paper relating academic success at Syracuse University and entrance test scores. Before coming to OSC, she was the head resident at Oberlin College, and a resident counselor at Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina. While at Syracuse University, she participated in a specialized training for young women interested in dean work. She was a member of the National Association of Deans of Women, the North Carolina Association of Deans of Women, and a member of the executive board of the Greensboro Business and Professional Women’s Club. She was hired at $3,800 a year with tenure, and resigned in 1953.
Erwin Bertran Lemon received a business degree from Oregon Agricultural College in 1911, becoming a part-time accounting instructor until 1943. Lemon also held the office of University Registrar from 1922-1943 and was Dean of Administration from 1943-1959.