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Appendix A: Chronology of Administrators
Note: From 1903 to 1908, home economics was a department housed in the College
of Letters and
Science at the University of Wisconsin. From 1909 to 1973, home economics
was housed in the
College of Agriculture, first as a department headed by a director (1909-1951)and
then as a
dependent School within the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS)
headed by an
associate dean of CALS (1951-1973). In 1968, the School was renamed the School
of Family
Resources and Consumer Sciences (FRCS). In 1973, FRCS became an independent
school within
the University of Wisconsin-Madison, headed by a dean. In 1996, FRCS was
renamed the School
of Human Ecology.
Caroline L. Hunt Professor 1903-1908
Abby L. Marlatt Professor and Director 1909-1939
Frances Zuill Professor and Director 1939-1961
(later Associate Dean)
Josephine H. Staab Professor and Associate Dean 1961-1965
Rita L. Youmans Professor and Associate Dean 1965-1968
Louise A. Young Professor and Acting 1968-1969
Associate Dean
William H. Marshall Professor and Associate Dean 1969-1973
Rose M. Chioni Professor and Acting 1973-1974
Associate Dean
(also Associate Dean, Nursing)
Elizabeth J. Simpson Professor and Dean 1974-1985
Hamilton I. McCubbin Professor and Dean 1985-1999
Robin A. Douthitt Professor and Dean 1999-