Oakwood University - Acorn Yearbook (Huntsville, AL)

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-.-J -anus-:1ie1Qg'i..,:u! 4:5 ,A Though Dr. Wakeham will be taking all these experiences with her, she will be leaving behind thousands of young people influenced by 'her care and eagerness for them to learn. ' l Dr. Irene Wakeham is truly a person who loves people. Her years of service and grand accomplishments have proven her loyalty tothe world of education. Oakwood is proud to be able to say that we have known her and through our knowledge we love her. For this reason the staff of the Acorn proudly dedicates this yearbook to Dr. Irene Wakeham. l y ' , ..i.. l i A l gf '4zZii iffil- ' tatmiitttvkr 'flu t-iii -' if s- ' -f twat- , .ff 115

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aEDICATED TO 'ffl' ,mllrO'l2lQll3Ifl1ENlEIIWAKEAHAM Dr. 'lrene,Wakehatn was born in England in 1912 to mis- sionary parents. A year later her family moved to what is 'nowV,Andrews where in:1'934 she received her Bachelor's 'degreein VEnglish. ag, V Forfthe jnext13A years Dr'.fWake'ha,m taught in several aca- demiesfinctludingriHawaiian Missionary and Loma Linda fAcadernies. While teaching 'at the -Loma -Linda Academy shereceivedfher' Masters degree in French from the Uni- versity'of So,uthern California. in 1939. a y gAIlnff1-94fg1 Dr. 'wakelhani ti'a'veIedtol'the Philippines where forthe next 24fyears 'she 'worked as an- educator, teaching andencoiuraging young students and at the same time fallingain loves with them and their culture. While based in the,fPlh,il1ip.pines Dr..Wakeham returned to the states and studiedrj-at.,Stanford-University where she received herf Doctorate degreein' Linguistics in 1965. She returned to the Philippinesdto continue her labors there. In Novem- berof1-970 Dr.lrene Wakeham left the Philippines and in january of 1971-1 she came to the small black college in HuntsviIle,' Alabama-Oakwood. Forfivefyears Dr. Wakeham has been a member of Oak- WOOd'S'l:f3'CLIAIftY, andlhead of the Department of English. Unfortunatelylfor us,-however,Dr. Wakeham isleaving Oakwood College to be with her 96 year-old mother in California. Though we will miss he-ry greatly, she deserves herforthcomiing-retirement. Some day when she- retires from thefeducatlion business, she will have experienced :induction into the Andrews Hall of Eame, Outstanding Educator ofthe Year, W-ho's Who of American Women -Awa.rd,l. and listing World Who's Who of Authors. She hasaalso- had three bookslpublished and her biography Wi-lIfSOOn bepublislhed in the DICTIONARY OF INTER- NA-TIONA'-LBIO-ORAPHIES. - I- 1 ' y f 'i. I-, t n- S in I - 1

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