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Miriam Scholl, new Dean of Home Economics, May 1954

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  • 1954-05
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  • Miriam Scholl was Dean of Home Economics from 1954 to 1965. She was born in 1907 in Seattle, Washington, to parents George Warren Scholl and Emily Grosser. She received her Bachelor of Science in Institution Management, with minors in science and liberal arts, from the University of Washington in 1931. She began her teaching career at various colleges, spending four years as a faculty member of Montana State College. She earned her Master of Arts in Institution Management, with a minor in education foundations, from Columbia University Teachers College in 1939. She went on to earn her PhD. from the same institution, in educational foundations, with minors in educational administration guidance, home economics education, and higher education in 1954. After graduating, she joined the college as an instructor. She then spent three years as a home economist for a San Francisco industrial firm that manufactured dehydrated vegetables for the armed forces. She researched and traveled with army and navy personnel throughout the United States. In 1946, she spent a year in the British Zone of Germany working with “displaced persons” with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. She earned her Doctor of Education degree, and then she joined the faculty of University of Minnesota, where she became Associate Professor of Home Economics. Dean Scholl was part of the Home Economics Committee of the National Project in Agricultural Communications, a life member of the American Home Economics Association and the American Dietetics Association, and part of the AHEA Public Relations Committee, among many other committees. She spent three years on the International Farm Youth Exchange selection committee, and was part of the 4-H Club Summer School. She was part of the Governor’s Committee for Children and Youth. She received an official Certificate of Commendation from the State of Oregon in 1956, as “official recognition and appreciation for a valuable suggestion which has been adopted and which is an outstanding contribution to the improvement of State service.” She served on the editorial board of the Journal of Home Economics, and was the president of the Oregon Home Economics Association. She was hired in 1956 for $10,000 per year She took sabbatical leave with half salary in 1963 for the purpose of travel and further study. She hoped to learn more about how Home Economics material influence in the field of social work, and saw an opportunity for “mutual exchange and understanding” between the fields. She resigned in 1964, at which point she was earning $15,750 per year. She was a member of the Episcopalian church and a Democrat.
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  • P082:70-1608
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  • 09/25/2018
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  • 03/13/2023
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