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Ross, Addie Lee (M.S., Home Economics Education, 1932)

Addie Lee Ross earned a master’s degree in Home Economics Education from Iowa State College in 1932. After graduation, she became a faculty member of the home economics department at Prairie View State Normal & Industrial College (now Prairie View A&M University) in Texas.

Iowa State College Dissertation Title: Development of the vocational home economics program for negroes in Mississippi, 1932

Iowa State University Catalog Record:https://quicksearch.lib.iastate.edu/permalink/01IASU_INST/174tg9m/alma990009056960102756 

Sources

Biography available at  HBCU Connections at Iowa State University :  Addie L. Ross  ( http://hbcuconnections.iastatedigital.org/Addie_L._Ross )

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Sullivan, Grace Mae (M.S., Home Economics Education, 1932)

Grace Mae Sullivan was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1905. She received her bachelor’s degree from Hampton University in 1930, before going on to receive a master’s degree in Home Economics Education in 1932. After graduating, she became an instructor of Home Economics at Kentucky State University, and later became the department head in 1935. In the 1936-37 catalog, she was listed as having multiple positions and roles, including professor, teacher-trainer, department head, executive council member, administrative council member, and committee member on curriculum reorganization.

Iowa State College Dissertation Title: Home economics in negro secondary schools of Kentucky, 1932

Iowa State University Catalog Record:https://quicksearch.lib.iastate.edu/permalink/01IASU_INST/174tg9m/alma990009422680102756 

Sources

Biography available at  HBCU Connections at Iowa State University :  Grace M. Sullivan  ( http://hbcuconnections.iastatedigital.org/Grace_M._Sullivan )

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Owens, Ana Elnora (M.S., Home Economics, 1932)

Elnora Ana E. Owens earned a master’s degree in Home Economics from Iowa State College in 1932. After graduating from Iowa State, in 1935 she was listed as the Supervisor of Directed Teaching in the Division of Home Economics at the Virginia State College for Negroes  (presently Virginia State University). Like other Iowa Staters, she was listed as an attendee at the banquet held by the Iowa State Alumni Association for Frederick D. Patterson’s inauguration as President of Tuskegee, in 1935. In the early 1940s Owens became an Assistant Professor of Home Economics. Her family has several ties to the university; the Owens building at Virginia State University was named after her father.

Iowa State College Dissertation Title: Home activities and housing conditions of Negro girls in the rural secondary schools of Virginia as an index to their curricular needs, 1932

Iowa State University Catalog Record:https://quicksearch.lib.iastate.edu/permalink/01IASU_INST/174tg9m/alma990006522850102756 

Sources

Biography available at  HBCU Connections at Iowa State University :  Anna E. Owens http://hbcuconnections.iastatedigital.org/Anna_E._Owens )

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Daniels, Walter Thomas (M.S., Civil Engineering, 1932; Ph.D., Engineering Science and Mechanics, 1941)

Iowa State College Dissertation Title: Deflection of rigid frames stressed beyond the yield point; The effects of delayed curing on the compressive strength and permeability of cement mortars, 1941; 1932

Iowa State University Proquest Access: https://www.proquest.com/docview/301853901

Sources

Biography available at  HBCU Connections at Iowa State University :  Walter T. Daniels  ( http://hbcuconnections.iastatedigital.org/Walter_T._Daniels )

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