Bio – McAllester, Esther Tholin

McAllester, Esther Tholin
Photo by Howard Hiner

Born: 1898 (Illinois)

Died: May 25, 1980


Education:

  • A.B. North Central College  
  • M.S. Cornell University (1951)

Served:

  • Community Council 1959-1960
  • Community Council Committee: Religious Activities 1955-1956 [1956]
  • Faculty Committee: Counseling 1953-1954
  • Faculty Committee: Curriculum 1953-1957
  • Faculty Committee: Housing 1953-1957; 1958-1960 [1954-1957; 1959 through 1960-1961]
  • Faculty Committee: Placement 1959-1960

Taught:

  • Assistant Professor of Home Economics 1953-1959 (* on leave 1957-1958 to pursue doctoral studies)
  • Associate Professor of Home Economics 1959-69
  • Associate Professor of Home Economics, Emerita 1969-80

Notes:

  • Completed the Red Cross “Swim for Health” program which qualified her for the “Fifty-Mile Club.” She was the only person to finish the program out of 76 who started in October 1964 and was 68 years old as she achieved this goal. (June 1966 Sundial)

Sources:

  • Catalog
  • Sundial (June 1966)

PLM 7/28/18