Ethel Landau Vatter was an instructor in economics from 1947 to 1950, and was an editor at the Office of Publications in 1950, and from 1954-1957. She was born in 1909, in Youngstown, Ohio. She was married to Harold Vatter, a professor of economics, when she came to OSC, with one child. She attended George Washington University and University of California at Berkeley, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Economics, with additional study in mathematics, from the latter in 1944. She returned to UC Berkeley two years later to attend graduate school, studying doctrine and theory, with additional study in agricultural economics. Her thesis for her master’s degree was “Economics of Integration of the California Canning Industry.” She worked as a research assistant in the economics department at UC Berkeley. She also previously worked as a social worker with USO Travelers Aid in Texas, and spent a year as a teacher at Tyler Jr. High School. She was hired at $1350 for a ten month term, at the age of 37. In 1948 she was moved to half-time for budget reasons. She was also pregnant at the time, and took a leave of absence without pay for the fall and winter terms. Since enrollment was lower that year, it was expected that the teaching load would be manageable. In 1950, her position was terminated. For 1950 and 1954-57, Vatter worked as an editor in the Office of Publications at OSC, specializing in agriculture and home economics publications. She was described as a person of “unusual capacity,” energetic, resourceful, thorough and tactful. In 1957, she applied for a position in the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the State University of Iowa. She also applied to the University of Michigan. She was a member of Phi Phi Delta, an economics honor society, and was president in 1944.