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14.2.5 Leita Davy (Dean, 1944-1951)

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Leita Davy was born in Pennsylvania in 1902. She received her Bachelor's from the University of Wisconsin in 1924, her Master's from Iowa State in 1925, and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1933. Prior to her assuming the position of Dean in 1944, she was chairperson of the Home Economics Department at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. She resigned her position at NDAC in 1951 to take another position at an unnamed institution.

The records consist of a biography file, enrollment statistics (early 1940s – 1951) and a developmental study from the early 1950s.

Leita Davy – biographical information
Enrollment trends/information – home economic majors - mid-1940s - 1951 (14.2.5) – Box 2
Report of the Developmental Study of the School of Home Economics at NDAC – c. early 1950s (2 copies)