Bio – Ogden, Rachel Cousins

Ogden, Rachel C. 1927
Murmurmontis, 1927

Born: February 9,, 1880

Died: April 22, 1965

Education:

  • A.B. Allegheny College, 1907
  • A.M. West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1920
  • A.M. Columbia University, 1929
  • University of Paris. One year at Sorbonne and the Institute Phonetique University of Paris (where she lacked only part of her long thesis in pursuit of her Ph.D.)

Served: 1926-1946

  • Dean of Women 1926-1932
  • Faculty Committee: Class Absences 1926-1929
  • Faculty Committee: Curricula 1926-1929
  • Faculty Committee: Curriculum 1935-1936
  • Faculty Committee: Discipline 1926-1931; 1936-1943
  • Faculty Committee: Fraternity 1927-1929
  • Faculty Committee: Fraternity-Sorority 1929-1931
  • Faculty Committee: Freshman Week 1929-1931
  • Faculty Committee: Library 1934-1946
  • Faculty Committee: Religious Activities 1943-1944
  • Faculty Committee: Religious Life 1926-1931
  • Faculty Committee: Student Social Activities 1926-1931

Taught:

  • Assistant Professor of Modern Languages  1926-1927
  • Professor of Spanish 1927-1932
  • Professor of Spanish and French 1932-1940
  • Professor of Modern Languages 1940-1943
  • Associate Professor of Modern Languages 1943-1947
  • Associate Professor of Modern Languages, Emeritus 1947-1965

Notes:

  • Charter Member of the Buckhannon Branch of A.A.U.W. (American Association of University Women). First president of that group from 1928-1930; 1933-35
  • January – August 1929, Leave of Absence to work on Ph.D. at Columbia University
  • Sponsor of International Relations Club
  • Sponsor of Tallagewe Association
  • Sponsor of Y.W.C.A.
  • Sponsor of Student Volunteers

Sources:

PLM 10/22/2018