Summary
Kate Wetzel Jameson (October 15, 1870 – 1967) was a professor at several colleges and Dean of Women at Montana State University, the University of Arizona and then Oregon State College.
Kate Wetzel Jameson | |
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 Kate W. Jameson, from the 1925 yearbook of Oregon State College | |
| Born | October 15, 1870 |
| Died | 1967 Toledo, Ohio |
| Education | Ohio Wesleyan University and University of Wisconsin |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Known for | Oregon State University's Kate W. Jameson International Education Award |
Early life edit
Kate Wetzel Jameson was born on October 15, 1870, in Perrysburg, Ohio, the daughter of Jacob Wetzel.[1] She graduated from Perrysburg High School in 1888.
She studied in Leipzig, Bonn, and Wuerzburg and obtained an A.B. in 1905 and an M.A. in 1910 from Ohio Wesleyan University[2] and an A.M. in 1914 and a Ph.D. in 1916 from the University of Wisconsin.[1][3][4]
Career edit
From 1914 to 1916 she taught school in Ohio and German at the University of Wisconsin.[1][5]
From 1916 to 1920 she was professor of German and Dean of Women at Montana State University[5] and from 1920 to 1923 she was head of the German Department and Dean of Woman at the University of Arizona.[5] From 1923 to 1941 she was the Dean of Women at Oregon State College. She later became Emeritus Dean of Women.[4] She was especially interested in psychology and German literature.[1]
She was a member of the American Association of University Women, Federated Women's Clubs, the National Education Association, P.E.O. Sisterhood, Order of the Eastern Star, and the Parent-Teacher Association.[1]
Personal life edit
Wetzel Jameson moved to Oregon in 1923. She married Rev. D. H. Jameson and had one son, Raymond Deloy.[1]
She died in 1967 in Toledo, Ohio.[3]
Legacy edit
Oregon State University instituted the Kate W. Jameson International Education Award. The award was founded by an anonymous donor to the Oregon State University Foundation to assist a worthy and deserving Oregon student to participate in the Oregon State System of Higher Education Japan Study Center.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 161. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Alumni directory. Ohio Wesleyan University. 1911. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Murphy, Thomas H. (ed.) / Wisconsin alumnus Vol. 71, Number 3 (Dec. 1969)". Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Oregon State College CATALOG 1947-48" (PDF). Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ a b c "Oregon State Agricultural College Catalog 1936-37". Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- ^ "OSU to Give Japan Study Scholarship - 19 Apr 1972, Wed • Page 33". Statesman Journal: 33. 1972. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
