Gildersleeve A Lifetime Of Service And Honors
Miss Gildersleeve rose from Barnard English professor to Dean by 1911 and earned a PhD in 1908 with many honorary degrees from Rutgers Smith Mount Holyoke and others. She held trustee roles at Spence Masters and helped international educational efforts including UNESCO related work and a U.S. delegation to the 1945 San Francisco conference.
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Columbia
Barnard
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
Miss Gildersleeve
Spence School
New York
Masters School
Dobbs Ferry
N.Y
Judicial Council of
State of New York
Lehman
Barnard Tea Honors retiring Dean Gildersleeve with Progress Pageant
Barnard College plans an afternoon tea at 3 30 in the gym honoring retiring Dean Virginia C Gildersleeve. Gertrude Rosenstein opens with a welcome as 1248 Barnard students observe a pageant progress tracing Barnard's development under the dean.
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Undergraduate Association
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Gertrude Rosenstein
Barnard
Miss Rosenstein
Dean Gildersleeve's Extensive International Travels Through Years
Virginia C. Gildersleeve’s international background stems from many trips spanning 1892 to 1945. She toured Western Europe visiting Austria Belgium England France Germany Switzerland and more. She also traveled to Italy Egypt Algeria Tunisia Spain Cuba Mexico Canada and Japan. In 1945 she joined an educational commission to Japan with General MacArthur and visited Kwajalein Guam and Saipan.
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Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Europe
Austria
Belgium
England
France
Germany
Switzerland
Munich
Hungary
London
Paris
Oslo
Stockholm
Helsingfors
Cracow
Amsterdam
Vienna
Budapest
Geneva
Algeria
Tunisia
Italy
Sicily
Egypt
Dean Gildersleeve
Spain
Cuba
Mexico
Canada
Japan
State Department
Douglas MacArthur
Kwajalein
Guam
Saipan
Life of Dean Gildersleeve of Reed Hall Remembered
Virginia Gildersleeve, president of Reed Hall in Paris when founded in 1922, returns each summer for conferences. She has raised funds during war and held numerous roles including twice president of the International Federation of University Women and trustee roles at Istanbul Women's College and Robert College. Her work at the San Francisco Conference highlighted France and Near East issues.
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International Federation of University Women
Miss Gildersleeve
Institute of International Education
New York
American College For Girls
Istanbul
American Committee On International Intellectual Cooperation
Reed Hall
Paris
Organization of Peace
American Council On Education
United States
United Nations Conference On International Organization
San Francisco
Japan
Virginia
Gildersleeve
International Center For University Women At
Dean Gildersleeve
Dean Gildersleeve Led Barnard War Effort With Poise
Dorothy Osborne recalls Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve's wartime leadership at Barnard during WWI. She chaired the University Committee on Women’s War Work and the War Service and Training for American Women, while guiding Barnard students through Armistice Day celebrations and ongoing service.
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Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Dorothy Q Osborne
Miss Gildersleeve
University Committee
Committee
Washington
Barnard
Osborne
Spence School
Barnard’s
Milbank Hall
Broadway
Dean Gildersleeve
Times Square
Dean Gilder sleeve’s collegiate days recalled on Columbia campus
The article sketches Virginia C. Gildersleeve as a standout freshman at Barnard College, then a small house of 21 students, and praises her English composition talent. It notes her role on the Morningside editorial staff with John Erskine, Geoffrey Parsons, and J. P. Mitchell, and references Dr. George C. D. Odell’s memories of her as a student.
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Brander Matthews
Columbia
Barnard College
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
George C. D. Odell
Dean Gildersleeve
Odell
Barnard
Morningside
John Erskine
Geoffrey Parsons
The
Herald Tribune
J. P. Mitchell
New York
Former Barnard Dean Gildersleeve Outlines Postretirement Plans
After retiring from Barnard College Dean Gildersleeve will pursue continued work in international relations and collaboration with Near East educational institutions. Her immediate plan is to enjoy a long rest before resuming professional activities.
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Barnard
Dean Gildersleeve
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