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1011. Kathryn V. H. Smith
Kathryn V. H. Smith
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Kathryn Veneta Haskin Smith was a part-time instructor in education for a year in 1951, and rejoined the faculty as Director of the Teacher Placement Service in 1955, where she stayed until 1969. She was born in 1904. She studied at Central State College, Humbolt State College, Southern Oregon College, and the University of Oregon, graduating from the latter in 1948 with a Bachelor of Science in Social Science and Education. She earned her Master of Education from OSC in 1952, and worked as a part-time instructor in education during that time. She was hired at $2000 for a ten month term in 1951. After she graduated, she worked as an instructor and assistant professor at Southern Oregon College and General Extension Division. In 1955, she rejoined the faculty as an Assistant Professor and Director of Teacher Placement for $5400 per year. In 1965, she took the rank of Associate Professor. She took sabbatical leave from September 1964 to January of 1965 to travel, research, and study. She took full salary for this leave, as she had been in the state system of higher education for thirteen years and had never had a sabbatical leave before. Her report of her sabbatical leave was found excellent enough that it was circulated among other members of the faculty by President James H. Jensen. She retired in 1969, upon which she was awarded Emeritus status. She was a member of Phi Kappa Phi, treasurer of Delta Kappa Gamma, and had been President of the Ashland Teachers Association. She served as President of the Soroptimist International Group for a year, and was on the board of Directors for another three. She was a Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, and was a member of the Republican State Committee.
1012. Irene Butts
Irene Butts
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Irene Butts was an English instructor at Oregon State College from 1946 to 1964. She was born in 1899, in Minnewahkon, North Dakota. She received her undergraduate education at North Dakota State University from 1936 to 1939, and received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Oregon State College in 1946. She listed her daughter, Jayce LaRayn Butts, as her beneficiary in her job application to OSC. However, she did not mention if she was single, married, or widowed. In 1951, she had to take sick leave, as she fell ill with pneumonia. In 1953, the Oregon Federation of Women’s Club wrote a letter about the Oregon State College Board of Trustees loan of $200 to Irene Butts in 1946, which was still not fully paid off. She made one payment in 1953, which made the balance $173.90, but afterwards, she was difficult to reach. The letter mentions the many difficulties Butts had faced over the years in paying back her loan. Butts later revealed in an apology letter that she had many medical expenses that made it difficult to pay off her loan. She retired in 1964, after 18 years of service to Oregon State.
1013. Joane S. Wohlgenaut
Joane S. Wohlgenaut
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Joane Sophia Wohlgenaut was an instructor in home economics education from 1956 to 1962. She was born in 1925 in Miles City, Montana. She earned her Bachelor of Science from Montana State College in 1948 in home economics, with additional study in biology. She then earned her Master of Education in Home Economics Education from Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1956. Before coming to OSC, she worked as a homemaking teacher throughout Montana, and was a Supervising Teacher for the Home Economics Department of Montana State College at Helena Senior High School. She was chairman of an evaluation committee to evaluate the Montana Home Economics Curriculum Guide, and was an advisor for the pacific region of the National Executive Council of Future Homemakers. She was also Supervising Teacher on the Program Planning Committee for the Pacific Region. She attended several conferences, including the Pacific Regional Home Economics Education Conference in 1953 and 1954, and the National Future Homemakers Conference, representing the State Advisor in 1953. At OSC, Wohlgenaut was hired for $4,500 for a ten month term, coming recommended by Dr. Dubois and by the State Board. She became an assistant professor in 1961. In 1962 she resigned, at a salary of $6,900, to accept a position in the Home Economics Education Department at Washington State University. She was a member, Chairman, and Councilor of the Montana chapter of the American Home Economics Association,; Vice President representing Home Economics with the American Vocational Association; and was a member of the National Education Association. She was also a member of the American Association of University Women and the Business and Professional Women’s Club.
1014. Alma Frances Tapscott
Alma Frances Tapscott
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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.
1015. Margaret L. Lawrence
Margaret L. Lawrence
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Margaret Lucille Lawrence was an Assistant Professor in English. She was born in 1912 in Oelwein, Iowa. She was married to Gilbert N. Lawrence, and they had at least one son, named Richard, born in May, 1950. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Latin, with additional study in Library Science, from Clark College in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1933, which she attended on scholarship and graduated maxima cum laude. She went on to attend graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, the University of California at Berkeley, and Florida State College for Women, from 1937-1943, working towards a Master of Arts in English and Latin. Her thesis for her master’s degree was titled “Limited Extent of the Influence of Plautus on the Comedy of Ben Jonson: A Study in J’s Independence.” She was hired as an Instructor in English in 1945, at a salary of $2,270. In the next year, she was promoted to Assistant Professor, and her salary was raised to $7,225. Before coming to OSC, she was an Instructor in English at Florida State College for Women, in Tallahassee, for two years, until her husband was stationed in Corvallis. She was also an high school instructor of Latin and English in Iowa for about seven years, teaching at Toledo Public High School and Dallas Public High School. She was part of the American Association of University Women, where she was the secretary elect from 1945-46. In 1970, she was named the first director of OSC’s new Writing Clinic, at the time housed in the English department, where she was tasked with teaching students grammatical proficiency. She created an “English Diagnostic Test” which was administered to Writing 121 students, which she used to identify struggling students and encourage them to visit the Writing Clinic. She was on numerous university and departmental committees, including the Writing Clinic Committee, of which she was chairman. She was a performer and director in Little Theater productions in both Corvallis and Albany, and was an active member of the Corvallis Women’s Civic Chorus. After working at OSC for 29 years, she retired in 1974, at a salary of $14,278, and was awarded the title of “Emeritus” upon retirement.
1016. Marie Ledbetter
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.
1017. Gayle Timmons
Gayle Timmons
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Gayle Timmons was a part-time instructor in Foods and Nutriiton from 1946 to 1947. She made $850 for a nine month term. This position was extended in 1947 to a part-time position with yearly tenure.
1018. Margaret Lumpkin
Margaret Lumpkin
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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.
1019. Charlotte Meller
Charlotte Meller
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Charlotte Louise Meller was an Assistant Physician at Student Health Services from 1942 to 1943, and then again from 1954 to 1961. She was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She received her Bachelor of Science in Medicine in 1935, her Bachelor of Medicine in 1937, and her Master of Arts in 1938 from the University of Minnesota, studying neuropsychiatry. Before coming to OSC, she was a resident in neuropsychiatry at several hospitals, and a psychiatrist at a federal reformatory for women in Texas. She published a report on “The Case of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with Psychosis” in the Minnesota Medicine in 1940, and “Treatment of Ten Cases of Paralysis Agitones with Vitamina B6” in the same journal. She was a member of Alpha Epsilon Iota, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Association of University Professors, and the Oregon Academy of Science. After a year as Assistant Physician at OSC, she left for a position in the Hawaiian Islands where she married a contractor and builder named C.E. Biddle. She maintained the name “Meller” as her professional name. They had a son, Charles Edward Junior, and a daughter, Charlotte Leilani. They moved back to Corvallis in 1954, where Dr. Meller began to work with SHS again. She reached the rank of full professor in 1958, and was the only full-time psychiatrist on staff at SHS for some time. In January of 1961, a colleague at the Testing Center named Dr. Charles Kremer began to criticize Dr. Meller’s service. He lobbied to have her employed 2/3rds of the time at the Testing Center, and 1/3rd of the time at SHS. He argued that it was unnecessary to maintain a psychiatrist full time. He also felt that she gave substandard care to her patients and ordered unnecessary laboratory work and X-ray tests, which he felt was an unnecessary strain on their technicians, and occupied resources which might be needed by other doctors. At the same time, Dr. Kremer was involved in a legal dispute with Dr. Meller’s husband, Mr. Biddle, who was suing him “for payment for the building of his house.” Dr. Meller felt that Dr. Kremer’s proposed position change was a way of indirectly dissolving her tenure to put her in a terminable position. As the tension between them grew, Dr. Kremer began to ask that she instead be fired as soon as possible, even sooner than the standard one year’s warning. She initiated legal proceedings to have her case heard by the Board. In the end, it was decided that she would resign at the end of the 1961-62 school year. Per their agreement, Dr. Kremer was obliged not to reply to letters concerning her, and he asked that she refrain from making derogatory comments about him and the Health Service. She began at a salary of $3,000 for 10 months in 1942, and resigned in 1961 at $10,158.
1020. Elizabeth Smith Owen
Elizabeth Smith Owen
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Elizabeth Smith Owen worked as a half-time assistant in the Catalog Department from October 1, 1943 to July 15, 1944. She was born in 1920 in Detroit, Michigan. She received her Bachelor of Arts in History, focusing on American History, with additional study in sociology and Spanish from Wayne University in 1942. Before coming to OSC, she worked in a civil service position at Torney General Hospital in Palm Springs, California, from April 1943 to July 1943. She also spent two years as an office clerk and secretary. She was married to a student in the Army Specialized Training Program at OSC. Later, when he was transferred to another military camp in Missouri as part of the 70th Infantry Division, she accompanied him, resigning from OSC in 1944.
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