In 2005, the American Physiological Society (APS) initiated the Living History Project to recognize senior members who have made extraordinary contributions during their career to the advancement of the discipline and profession of physiology. During 2007, the APS Section of Environmental and Exercise Physiology selected Clark M. Blatteis to be…

By using the great ideas approach, the cross-sectional approach (concentration upon a period of time), the biographical approach, and the research approach, college teachers can create excitement for students enrolled in history of psychology courses. Each of these approaches is described. (RM)

A biographical sketch of William Robert Ware, founder of the architectural schools at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia, is presented. After a review of Ware's educational background, focus is on Ware's concept of architectural education. A review of Ware's publications and contemporaries follows. (PHR)

The lives of three women mathematicians who received some recognition in their lifetimes are described. They are: Hypatia, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, and Sophie Germain. (MP)

A biographical sketch of LeBaron Russell Briggs, "the first officer in the history of American higher education charged with responsibility for student relations as separate and distinct from instruction." He was appointed Dean of Harvard College in 1891. (Author)

A biographical sketch of John Galen Howard, founder of the Department of Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, is presented. Howard's conservative outlook and idealistic nature are examined and his influence on the curriculum at the university is traced. (PHR)

A biographical sketch of William Wilson Wurster, dean of the Department of Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley, is presented. Tracing Wurster's early education and work, Wurster's belief that architecture was for people is illustrated. His influence on the curriculum, not only at the University of California but elsewhere, is…

A tribute to William A. Brownell is given along with a brief sketch of his academic career and professional activities and selected references illustrating his philosophy of education and research. (MN)

Reviews the work of Gertrude S. Martin who did research on the position of dean to women and other research in a field that would come to be known as student personnel work. Her career personified problems she had identified. (BEF)

A classroom exercise that involves college students in portraying individuals studied in a history of psychology course is described. Working in teams, students develop a presentation allowing figures from different time periods to discuss and debate psychological issues. Students also prepare a bibliography and position summary of the individual…

Assembled as a preliminary list of publications concerning Georgia journalism, this selected, annotated bibliography is intended to be useful to secondary teachers interested in history and journalism, to be helpful to students and scholars of mass media, and to indicate some obvious gaps in the literature of journalism as it pertains to the state…

Reviews the life of Thomas Arkle Clark, former Dean of Men at the University of Illinois, whose writings and speeches helped define the Dean of Men role and publicize the office. (Author)

Biographies of 177 American nursing leaders who were born before 1890 r deceased by 1988 were analyzed to identify commonalities in their backgrounds. Similarities in background characteristics were found when they were compared with achievers of Renaissance Italy, eighteenth-century Scotland, and nineteenth-century German Jews. (Author/MLW)

This book highlights the stories of 60 of this century's female athletes who pioneered, participated in, or continue to compete in women's sports. Following forewords by Billie Jean King, Anita DeFrantz, and Deborah Slaner Anderson, the volume contains biography, history, an annotated bibliography, and statistics on women athletes from the late…

Discusses how the intersection of biography and history serves as an appropriate vantage point for understanding human lives. Explains how a course which embodied this idea was developed and implemented focusing on the 1935 Vassar class. Examines oral histories as a central feature in designing and conducting the course. (GEA)