Elenora A. Cawthon

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Elenora Albrecht Cawthon (1917-2016) was a professor and university leader at Louisiana Tech. She served as president of the College Placement Council in 1972-1973 and was an officer of the American Association of University Women in the 1950s.

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Early life

Cawthon was born December 6, 1917, in Mission Valley in Victoria County, Texas. Her parents were Lillie Lassmann and Otto H. Albrecht. She attended Patti Wlder High School and Victoria Junior College. She then attended the University of Texas at Austin, receiving a BA with highest honors in 1938 and a master's degree in 1939. She then taught in public schools in Bandera, Texas and Woodsboro, Texas. She married John Ardis Cawthon, who she met while they were graduate students. The couple married in 1948 at Zion Lutheran Church in Mission Valley, one day before receiving their PhDs from UT. [1] [2] Her doctorate was in curriculum and instruction, psychology, education administration and educational supervision. [3] Her mother died on April 5, 1967, and her father died on July 21, 1971. [4]

Career

She taught in public schools in Texas before starting at Arkansas Tech University, where she worked from 1948 to 1954 as director of student teaching and acting head of the division of education. [3] She was elected first vice president of the Arkansas Association of University Women in 1953 [5] In 1954 she was elected president of the Business and Professional Women's Federation of Arkansas. She moved to Ruston in 1954 to join her husband who was faculty of Louisiana Tech University. [6]

She then took a position at Louisiana Tech where she served as assistant director of placement services. In 1955, while still president of the Arkansas Federation of Business and Professional Women, she was elected vice-president of the American Association of University Women. [7] By 1956 she was the director of the department of placement and services at Louisiana Tech. [8]

In 1962 she was elected education representative to the College Placement Council [9] and by 1972 she was national president of the council, still serving as director of placement at Louisiana Tech. [10]

In the late 1970s, she was dean of student service at Louisiana Tech. [11] She retired in 1988, continuing to serve as dean emeritus of student services. [3] In 1990 she named the 5th District's second representative on the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors where she continued to serve for a number of years. [12]

During her career, she served a number of roles in civic and professional societies. She was a member of the American Association of University Women, Pi Sigma Alpha (social science fraternity), Pi Lambda Theta (education fraternity), Delta Kappa Gamma (society for women teachers), Business and Professional Women's Club, National Council for the Social Studies, the Association for Student Teaching, [13] and Alpha Tau Delta. [8]

Death

She died June 1, 2016, in Carrollton, Texas. Her funeral was at Zion Lutheran Church in Mission Valley and she was buried in Mission Valley Cemetery. [1]

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  1. 1 2 Elenora A. Cawthon, Victoria Advocate (Victoria, Texas) 5 Jun 2014, page B02, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. ↑ Miss Eleanor Albrecht to be Bride of J. A. Cawthon, The Austin American (Austin, Texas) 2 May 1948, page 16, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. 1 2 3 Tech Dean Retiring, Reception Planned. The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) 16 Jun 1988, page 18, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. ↑ Otto H. Albrecht. Victoria Advocate (Victoria, Texas) 23 July 1971, Page 11, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. ↑ Little Rock Woman Heads State AAUW. The Camden News (Camden, Arkansas) 27 Apr 1953, page 1, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. ↑ Ruston Woman Heads Ark Women's Club. The Monroe News-Star (Monroe, Louisiana) 16 Jun 1954, page 8, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  7. ↑ Student Teachers Association to Meet at College Saturday. The Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana) 10 Mar 1955, page 15, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  8. 1 2 Form New Tech Honor Society. The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) 20 Jan 1956, page 9, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  9. ↑ Placement Assn Elects Officers. El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) 12 Oct 1962, page 3, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  10. ↑ Tech to Host Event. The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) 12 Feb 1972, page 5, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  11. ↑ Honorary member named. The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) 29 Jun 1978, page 4, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  12. ↑ Hill, John. Roemer names 6 to LSU board. The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana) 17 Aug 1990, page 58, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  13. ↑ Elenora Albrecht Cawthon Named Director at College. Victoria Advocate (Victoria, Texas) 20 Sep 1955, page 5, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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