Blanding, Sarah Gibson
Born: Nov 22, 1899 AD
Died: 1985 AD, at 85 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Educators
Died: 1985 AD, at 85 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Educators
1898 - Born on the 22nd of November in Kentucky.
1919 - Graduated from New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics.
- Hired as a physical education instructor by the University of Kentucky.
1923 - Appointed the university's acting dean of women, becoming the youngest dean in the country.
1926 - Obtained her master's degree in political science at Columbia University.
1929-1941 - She was appointed dean of women and professor of political science at the University of Kentucky.
1941 - Selected as the first dean of Cornell University's College of Home Economics and became the first female dean.
1946 - Became the president of Vassar College.
1949 - She helped establish the Mary Conover Mellon Foundation for the Advancement of Education.
1964 - Retired to her post as Vassar president.
1985 - Blanding died on 3rd of March.
1919 - Graduated from New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics.
- Hired as a physical education instructor by the University of Kentucky.
1923 - Appointed the university's acting dean of women, becoming the youngest dean in the country.
1926 - Obtained her master's degree in political science at Columbia University.
1929-1941 - She was appointed dean of women and professor of political science at the University of Kentucky.
1941 - Selected as the first dean of Cornell University's College of Home Economics and became the first female dean.
1946 - Became the president of Vassar College.
1949 - She helped establish the Mary Conover Mellon Foundation for the Advancement of Education.
1964 - Retired to her post as Vassar president.
1985 - Blanding died on 3rd of March.
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