Jacquelyn Mattfeld
Jacquelyn Anderson Mattfeld (born October 5, 1925) is a retired musicologist and academic administrator. She served as president of Barnard College from 1976 to 1980.
Born in Baltimore, she studied at the
Mattfeld was hired at Barnard in large part to respond to the college's continuing financial problems, owing to her reputation as a budgetary expert.[5] She addressed these difficulties by raising tuition, but was nevertheless able to increase the application rate to the college.[6][7] Despite her effective financial leadership, however, she was fired after four years.[1] She was subsequently appointed provost and dean of faculty at the College of Charleston.[8] She later developed an interest in gerontology, which she pursued in part as executive director of the C. G. Jung Center in Evanston, Illinois; following her retirement, the Center appointed her Board Member Emeritus.[9]
As an academic administrator, Mattfeld developed a reputation for blunt, even pugnacious candor, declaring on her departure from Brown, "We don't accomplish things. We sit around for half an hour talking about whether or not it was a mistake to spend $56,000 for a house on Humpty‐Dumpty Street."
References
- ^ a b c "Past Leaders of the College | Barnard College". barnard.edu.
- JSTOR 829754.
- ^ JSTOR 40161801.
- ^ McCaughey, Bob (16 October 2017). "Jacquelyn Mattfeld | Barnard 125". Making Barnard History. Columbia University.
- ^ Breasted, Mary (13 November 1975). "Jacquelyn Mattfeld, Now Dean at Brown, To Be Barnard Head (Published 1975)". The New York Times.
- ^ "Tuition Will Rise 11% At Barnard, to $5,940". timesmachine.nytimes.com.
- ^ a b "Tie to Columbia Called Big Issue In Mattfeld Shift; Barnard President Seen as Too Intensely Opposed Areas of Disagreement Autonomy and Affiliation Turnover in Personnel". timesmachine.nytimes.com.
- ^ Erdman, David M. (March 11, 1985). "Muhlenberg College to Inaugurate President". The Morning Call.
- ^ "Board & Staff | CG Jung Center".
- ^ Todd, Richard (1 February 1976). "THE MISSING MIDDLE". The New York Times.
- JSTOR 20024274.