Martha Peterson (academic administrator)
Martha Peterson | |
|---|---|
| President of Beloit College | |
| In office 1975–1981 | |
| Preceded by | Miller Upton |
| Succeeded by | Roger Harold Hull |
| President of Barnard College | |
| In office 1967–1975 | |
| Preceded by | Rosemary Park |
| Succeeded by | Jacquelyn Mattfeld |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Martha Elizabeth Peterson June 22, 1916 Academic administrator |
Martha Elizabeth Peterson (June 22, 1916 – July 14, 2006) was an American academic administrator. She served as president of Barnard College (1967–1975) and Beloit College (1975–1981).[1]
Biography
Peterson was born on June 22, 1916, outside Jamestown, Kansas, the daughter of a wheat farmer and a news reporter. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1937.[1]
After teaching high school mathematics for a few years, Peterson returned to the University of Kansas and earned a master's degree in educational psychology in 1943.[1] She was named assistant dean of women after teaching mathematics at the university and was promoted dean of women in 1952.[1]
In 1957, Peterson was appointed dean of women at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and later dean of student affairs in 1963.[1][2] She also earned a PhD in educational psychology from Kansas in the meantime.[1]
In 1967, Peterson was named seventh president of
Peterson then served as president of Beloit College from 1975 to 1981. She helped restore financial stability to the college at a time when enrollment and endowment were both shrinking.[1]
Peterson died on July 14, 2006, at age 90, at her home in
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