1960s

Rita B. Garman graduated from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1965. While a student, she graduated with ...

Patsy Parker graduated from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1968. During her junior year in the spring ...

Nina Baym joined the English Department’s faculty in the 1960s and remained a professor for over 40 years. Nina helped ...

Nicole Hollander graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1960 and is known for ...

Nancy M. O'Fallon Dowdy graduated with a Master of Science in 1961 in Nuclear Engineering and received her PhD in ...

Nancy Goodman Brinker graduated in 1968 with a degree from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She is the ...

Mary-Elizabeth Hamstrom began in the Mathematics department in 1961 and taught in the department for 38 years before retiring. She ...

Marianna Tax Choldin began as a professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois in 1969 and remains an ...

Lynn Morley Martin graduated in 1960 with a degree in the teaching of English. Lynn served in the Illinois House ...

Lorella Margaret Jones joined the Physics faculty in 1968 and was the first woman in the College of Engineering to ...

Karol Kahrs began at Illinois in 1966 as an instructor in the College of Physical Education and spent many years ...

Jill Wine-Banks graduated from the U of I in 1964 with a degree in Journalism. While a student, she was ...

Jane Loeb joined the Psychology Department in 1968, and retired as Professor of Educational Psychology and Psychology. She also served ...

Greta Hogan joined the Office of Minority Student Affairs (OMSA) around 1965. She was known for her outstanding service and ...

Gayl S. Pyatt graduated from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1964. She later became the first female ...

Doris Kelley Christopher graduated with a degree in Home Economics in 1967. She is best known as the founder and ...

Carol Moseley Braun attended the University of Illinois in the 1960s, but ultimately received her degree in Political Science from ...

Carol Lee graduated with a degree in Secondary Education, specializing in English, in 1966. She has been instrumental in helping ...

Beth Dohme Wallin graduated with a degree in Home Economics in 1961. As a student, she was heavily involved in ...

Alyce Cheska started working in Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois in 1966. She was Head of ...