Vesta C. Gates Muehleisen (August 7, 1889 - October 19, 1973) was an American educator and founder of the San Diego State College Alumni Association.
Vesta C. Gates Muehleisen (August 7, 1889 - October 19, 1973) was an American educator and founder of the San Diego State College Alumni Association.
Vesta C. Gates was born on August 7, 1889, in Tabor, Iowa, the daughter of Henry E. Gates and Nettie Fox. [1]
Tabor is a city in Fremont County and extends northward into Mills County in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 1,040 at the 2010 census.
She was graduated in 1907 with an A.B. from San Diego Normal School. [1] [2]
San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system. SDSU has a Fall 2018 student body of 34,828 and an alumni base of more than 280,000.
Vesta C. Muehleisen was an elementary school teacher, a member of the San Diego City Board of Education and taught for several years in California Schools. [1] [2]
She held several executive offices in the National Congress of the Parent-Teacher Association. She taught a Summer Session Course on the P.T. movement in the San Diego State College, the first course ever given in this state. She was a member of the 9th District California Congress PTA. [1] [2]
She was president of the Scottish Rite Woman's Club. [1]
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In 1931 she founded the San Diego State College Alumni Association and became its first president. She helped found the Alpha Phi Delta, a local sorority on campus. Edward L. Hardy, the second president of the San Diego State Teachers College, named her on the citizens advisory council formed to assist in identifying a suitable site where to move the institution. Muehleisen was highly criticized for having recommended moving the Teachers College to a remote undeveloped site east of San Diego. [2]
Alpha Phi Delta (ΑΦΔ), commonly referred to as APD, is a Greek social fraternity that evolved from an exclusive Italian society initially known as Il Circolo Italiano at Syracuse University in 1914.
She was Director of Education for the 1935-1936 California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego. She served with the same role for the 1939–1940 Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco. For eight years she was executive secretary of the San Diego Healing Society. [2]
She was a member of the Daughters of the Nile, San Diego Athletic Club, Community Welfare Council, Morning Choral Club, Order of the Eastern Star, National Education Association. [1]
Vesta C. Muehleisen moved to California in 1891 and lived at 1501 Vine St., San Diego, California. In 1908 she married Adolph Muehleisen and had two children: Dolf Edward (a champion tennis player, see NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship and NCAA Men's Tennis Championship and a decorated general in charge of the North American Air Defense Command) and Gene Sylvester (a captain in both the U.S. Naval Reserve and the San Diego Police Department). Her nephew, Bud Muehleisen, is credited with popularizing the racquetball and is the first person to be inducted into the Racquetball Hall of Fame. [1] [2]
She died on October 19, 1973, in San Diego, California. [3]
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'Dr. Bud' Muehleisen has sometimes been called the most influential man in racquetball. He began playing paddleball in 1962, won four national titles, then took up paddle rackets in 1969, edging out Brumfield to win one of the first national championships in the sport that would become racquetball. Bud served on the IRA board of directors for seven years as the first Rules Committee chairman and was instrumental in the formation of the game's first rules. He won an unprecedented 41 national titles, was a coach and teacher, a regular contributor of instructional material to early magazines and worked with most of the major equipment manufacturers in developing racquets, balls and other products.
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