Difference between revisions of "Virginia Gildersleeve"
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| − | '''Virginia Gilderseleeve''' was the third President of [[Barnard College]], though at the time, she and her predecessors used the title "Dean". | + | {{wp-also}} |
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| + | '''Virginia Gilderseleeve''' [[Barnard|BC]] [[1899]] [[MA]] '?? [[PhD]] [[1908]] was the third President of [[Barnard College]], though at the time, she and her predecessors used the title "Dean". After graduating from Barnard, Gilderseleeve had earned an MA in medieval English literature from Columbia. She then taught at Barnard, declining a full-time position in order to move on to complete a PhD. | ||
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| + | At the end of her tenure as president, in [[1945]], she served as the sole female delegate from the United States to the negotiation of the UN Charter and the founding of the United Nations (more or less making her a big deal). | ||
{{succession|preceded=[[Laura Drake Gill]]|succeeded=[[Millicent McIntosh]]|office=President of [[Barnard College]]|years=1911-1947}} | {{succession|preceded=[[Laura Drake Gill]]|succeeded=[[Millicent McIntosh]]|office=President of [[Barnard College]]|years=1911-1947}} | ||
| + | [[Category:Barnard alumnae|Gildersleeve]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Class of 1899|Gildersleeve]] | ||
| + | [[Category:GSAS alumni|Gildersleeve]] | ||
[[Category:Barnard College presidents|Gildersleeve]] | [[Category:Barnard College presidents|Gildersleeve]] | ||
Revision as of 10:03, 10 October 2012
Virginia Gilderseleeve BC 1899 MA '?? PhD 1908 was the third President of Barnard College, though at the time, she and her predecessors used the title "Dean". After graduating from Barnard, Gilderseleeve had earned an MA in medieval English literature from Columbia. She then taught at Barnard, declining a full-time position in order to move on to complete a PhD.
At the end of her tenure as president, in 1945, she served as the sole female delegate from the United States to the negotiation of the UN Charter and the founding of the United Nations (more or less making her a big deal).
| Preceded by Laura Drake Gill |
President of Barnard College 1911-1947 |
Succeeded by Millicent McIntosh |
