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14.2.2 Alba Bales (Dean, 1926-1937, 1940-1942)

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Alba Bales was the first female academic Dean at North Dakota Agricultural College. She was born in Lewis, Iowa in 1879, attended Oberlin College, and received her bachelor's and master's from Columbia University. Prior to coming to NDAC in 1920, she taught in normal schools in Idaho and Kansas and at Montana State College. From 1920 to 1926, she served as Head of the School of Home Economics and in 1926 she became Dean. In 1937 she was fired in the infamous “Purge” but was reinstated in 1940. She retired from NDAC in 1942 and moved to Florida. She died in 1967 at the age of 88.

See Also: http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/collections/AlbaBalesHouse.htm

The records consist of two folders – one contains biographical information and the other included photocopies of news articles and correspondence dealing with Alba Bales reinstatement as Dean (1939-1940).

Alba Bales – biographical information
Alba Bales - Reinstatement information - Photostats 1939-1940