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- Laura Belle Smith was an Assistant Professor in Art and in Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts intermittently from 1946 to 1967. She was born in 1904 in Toronto, Canada. She studied at the School of Architecture of the University of Minnesota and Ohio State University, graduating from the latter in 1933 with a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design and Watercolor Painting. She earned her Master of Arts from Ohio State University in the same field in 1934. Her thesis for her master’s degree was titled “New Materials in Interior Design.” She went on to attend the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chouinard Art Institute, and University of California in Los Angeles for further study. Before coming to OSC, she taught art at various universities in Texas, Kansas, and California. While an employee at Texas State College for Women, she was on the advisory committee for the completion of the new Student Union building. She selected furniture and completed the decorations. She was also in charge of a new demonstration house, where she “directed the interior section.” While interior design and watercolor painting were her two major fields of interest, she occasionally taught classes in fundamental and advanced design, house planning, and mechanical drawing. She was married when she came to OSC. In 1946, he was hired at $2400 for a ten month term in 1946 as an Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture. She resigned from this post the next year, and then temporarily took work in the Department of Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts as a substitute for teachers on sabbatical leave. For roughly the next two decades, she was appointed to temporary positions in the CTRA department as permanent staff members resigned, while OSC worked to fill their positions. They considered this a great help, and thought of her as an “able person and good teacher.” As her husband was already on staff at OSC, Smith could not be put on permanent staff herself. Furthermore, as she only taught one area, this made scheduling difficult, and they wished to have more versatile employees on permanent staff.
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- Alma Frances Tapscott was an Assistant Professor of Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts in 1946. She was born in 1909 in Lima, Ohio. She attended Ohio Northern University, Bowling Green College, and Ohio State University, receiving her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, with additional study in elementary education, from the latter in 1936. She received her Master of Arts from Teachers’ College, Columbia University in Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts. Before coming to OSC, she spent eleven years teaching high school and one year as a spectroscopist in private industry. She was hired at $2800 for a ten month term. She resigned in 1948, at which point she was making a salary of $3,360.
33. Janet Taylor
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- Janet Caroline Taylor was a home demonstration agent and clothing specialist from 1943 to 1954. She was born in 1917 in Moore, Montana. She earned her Bachelor of Science from Montana State College in 1939 in the field of home economics, with additional study in art and general science. She attended summer sessions at OSC in 1942 for graduate study in foods and nutrition and family economics. Before coming to OSC, she was a home economics instructor at Wolf Point High School. She sought a change as she was interested in home economics work. Her father was Director of Extension at Montana State College, so she was familiar with extension work. She was hired as home demonstration agent at large for a salary of $2370 annually. In 1944, she was transferred to become Clackamas County Home Demonstration Agent, and her salary was increased to $2400. She took became an assistant professor in 1946, and associate professor in 1949. She took sabbatical leave in 1951-1952 for a full year, for the purpose of getting her master’s degree from Columbia University and travel in Europe. She was on half salary at the time. In 1953, she took the position of Clothing Specialist. She had previous experience as a 4-H Club leader for two years, a counselor with Camp Fire Girls, and taught adult nutrition classes in Wolf Point, Montana. She resigned to be married in 1954, at which point she was making a salary of $5496 as Clothing Specialist in the Extension Service. She was a member of Kappa Delta Pi.
34. Marjorie Wilson
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- Marjorie Ann Wilson was a part-time instructor in Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts in 1946. She was born in 1922 in Lebanon, Oregon. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, with additional study in education, from OSC in 1943, where Dean Milam referred to her work as “outstanding.” She then became a part-time typist in the School of Home Economics, but this position was temporary. In summer of 1946, she was hired at $780 for the academic year, at 1/3 time. In the fall, her hours were increased to two-thirds. She was Vice-President of the Mortar Board, and a member of the honoraries Kappa Delta Pi, Omicron Nu, and Phi Kappa Phi. She was also a member of the social fraternity Kappa Kappa Gamma. She had tuberculosis and a temporarily collapsed lung at the time of her appointment.
35. Shirley Walker
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- Shirley Eileen Walker was an instructor of in the Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts from 1949 to 1951. She was born in 1917 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. She studied for two years at Victoria College from 1933-1935, and earned her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics and Teaching from the University of Washington in 1939. She earned her Master of Arts in Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts from Teachers College, Columbia University, in 1948. She had some experience in office work, and was a home economics senior teacher with the Greater Victoria School Board. She taught in several smaller towns in British Columbia, including Revelstoke and the Okanagan Valley, where she participated in many community activities, whether professional, sports, or church. She was a member of the Canadian Home Economics Association, president of the Victoria Home Economics Association in 1949, and held an executive position in the Greater Victoria Teachers Association for two years. She was also involved in church organizations, badminton and golf clubs, the Red Cross, and the Women’s Committee of the Victoria Symphony Society. She was hired as an instructor for $3,600 per year and resigned in 1951.
36. Ruth A. Moser
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- Ruth Annetta Moser was an associate professor in the School of Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts, employed at OSU from 1946 to 1974. She was born in 1908 in Harvey, North Dakota. She attended the Junior College of Santa Rosa, California, for a year, and in 1931 received her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education from North Dakota Agricultural College. She attended OSC for graduate work in home economics clothing and textiles, and applied for a graduate assistantship position while she completed her master’s degree. Before coming to OSC, she was a high school instructor in home economics in North Dakota for four and a half years. She spent another year as a home Management Supervisor with the Rural Resettlement Administration, and was an extension agent for eight and a half years. She was hired as a graduate assistant in CTRA and then, a year later, was hired as a part-time instructor. Due to resignations of a couple faculty members, her employment was increased to full-time, at a rate of $2,600 for ten months. She took sabbatical leave for Spring Term of 1965, when she studied related arts at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus. She was promoted to assistant professor in 1949 and associate professor in 1959. She was a member of the American Association of University Women; councilor, publicity and membership chairman with the American Home Economics Association; and president and secretary-treasurer of the National Home Demonstration Agents Association. While at OSU, she was involved with the OSU Academic Requirements Committee and the CT Clothing Placement Examination Chairman. She also helped develop the laboratory facilities for her program. She was awarded emeritus status in 1974, after being employed at OSU for 28 years. She began as an instructor at a salary of $2,600 for a ten month term, and retired at 10,400 in 1966. On the subject of her photo, Professor Moser submitted a new photo in 1957. She thought this version was an improvement, although she said that “the camera was never very kind to this particular subject.” She requested that they “please destroy the one you have.”
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- Alma Frances Tapscott was an Assistant Professor of Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts in 1946. She was born in 1909 in Lima, Ohio. She attended Ohio Northern University, Bowling Green College, and Ohio State University, receiving her Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, with additional study in elementary education, from the latter in 1936. She received her Master of Arts from Teachers’ College, Columbia University in Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts. Before coming to OSC, she spent eleven years teaching high school and one year as a spectroscopist in private industry. She was hired at $2800 for a ten month term. She resigned in 1948, at which point she was making a salary of $3,360.
38. Marie Ledbetter
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- Nellie Marie Ledbetter, who preferred to be addressed by her middle name, was an Associate Professor in the Department of Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts. She was born in 1909, in Alicel, Oregon. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Home Economics and Social Science from Willamette University in 1934. Before coming to OSC, she was a home economics teacher in La Grande, Oregon. She began as a part-time instructor in both the Department of CTRA and Household Administration, but ultimately continued in only the first. While an Associate Professor at OSC, she completed her Master of Science in Home Economics, but due to university policy, professors of associate rank or higher could not receive a degree from the university. To circumvent this, she was temporarily reduced in rank to instructor and received her Master of Science in 1950. For the school year of 1961-62, Professor Ledbetter went on sabbatical leave, primarily for the purpose of writing a manual which would be used in the introductory clothing construction classes, which she hoped to have published with the Burgess Publishing Company. She worked closely during this time with the former head of the OSU CTRA department, Dr. Florence Petzel, who was now employed at the University of Texas. She retired in 1975, after working at OSU for 29 years, and was awarded Emeritus status upon her retirement. She continued teaching part-time in 1977. She was an advisor to the Mortar Board and served on many of the school’s committees, including the Scholarship, Honors, and Awards Committees. She was also active in the Fashion Group of Portland and the Oregon Consumer League.