Ruth Thayer Raymond ("Teddy") graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1919 with a BS degreee in home economics. She graduated from Raymond (Washington) High School in 1915. Raymond taught domestic science and arts at the South Bend High School (Washington) from 1919 until the early 1930s and then taught home economics in Tacoma, Washington, through the early 1950s. In 1921/22, she taught home economics in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Raymond returned to OAC for graduate study in 1925/26 and also attended the 1938 summer session.