Goucher College - Donnybrook Fair Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Dr. Dorothy L. Bernstein is retiring this year after spending twenty years here at Goucher. We have been most fortunate in having her as one of our professors of Mathematics, for Dr. Bernsteinls abilities in her chosen field are truly superb. She has taught for a total of forty-five years, coming to Goucher after teaching at Mount Holyoke and the University of Rochester. Dr. Bernstein has served Goucher very well in her time here, having been involved in activities ranging from the Priorities and Planning Committee, to that for Independent Work and Honors. In a purely professional scope Dr. Bernstein has developed several valuable courses at Goucher, among them a January term course on Cryptology, the Math. 117-118 sequence, and involvement of the com- puter in undergraduate studies. In 1962, as a result of this last interest, Goucher received a $20,500 Grant, on a matching basis, for development of an llUndergraduate Instructional Scientific Equipment Programii under Dr. Bernstein. While not all of us took her courses, or even understood them, Dr. Bernstein is well known as being an expert in her field. As a final accolade to her skill, Dr. Bernstein has been elected the first woman presi- dent of the 19,000 member Mathematical Association of America. The Mathematics Department will feel a great lack at her absence, and will be hard pressed to replace her. We, the Goucher Community, thank her for sharing her talents and wish her the very best of luck in future endeavors.

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Professor H. Marguerite Webb has been a member of the Goucher faculty since 1952. She received her BS. in Zoology from Northwestern University in 1946, and went on to earn her Masters and Doctoral degrees in Biology, from the same institu- tion, in 1948 and 1950. During 1950, Dr. Webb did extensive research at Woods Hole involving the circadian rhythm of Fiddler Crabs. She was in- volved in discovering many of these patterns, and has subse- quently written several articles on the subject. Since 1952, Dr. Webb has graced the halls of Hoffberger and instructed generations of Goucher Students. She is known for her enthusiasm, and humerous accounts of Fiddler Crab life-patterns ClNo admittance unless . . . W. Dr. Webb is one of the many scholars who have served Goucher so well since its opening, and has done much to enrich the Education of many of us. As she leaves Goucher, we wish Dr. Webb the very best in her continued career and research. Dr. Geraldine Coon has been at Goucher since 1964. She, like her collegues Dr. Bernstein and Dr. Webb, is retiring this year, and is leaving a great gap in Goucheris academic staff. Our Mathematics department has been fortunate in Dr. Coonis presence in many ways, including benefiting from the work done upon the three grants she has received in the past twenty years. An especially relevant, and current, benefit for Goucher students is a study upon the Introduction of Current Applications of Mathematics into the Undergraduate Curricu- lum. Dr. Coon is a woman of many talents - not only is she excep- tionally capable in the field of Mathematics, but she has also had published several works, including two in conjunction with Dr. Dorothy Bernstein. All of us in the Goucher community will miss Dr. Coon, and extend our very best wishes and hopes for many more years of re- search and publications.

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In Memoriam Linda Wyatt Chissell 1946-1978 Linda Wyatt Chissell will always be remembered as an integral and vital member of the Goucher community. Dur- ing the last three years of her life she played an important role in Goucherls residential program. From 1975 to 1977, she and her husband served as dorm directors of Mary Fisher Hall and from 1977 to 1978 she was the Director of Residential Living. Her integrity, sincerity, and congeniality were a constant force which expressed itself in a variety of ways. Whether she was in her office counseling or in a more informal set- ting, Linda was always ready to lend a helping hand. Though we sense a void in our lives, we are grateful for the times she shared with us. For those of us who knew and loved her, she will always be remembered with great fond- ness.