Caroline Haven Ober

Caroline Haven Ober (May 3, 1866 – June 2, 1929) was regent and vice-directress of the Normal School in Argentina and founded the department of Romance languages at the University of Washington.

Early life Ober was born on May 3, 1866, in Beverly, Massachusetts, the daughter of Andrew Kimball Ober (1825-1893) and Sarah A. Hadlock Ober (1828-1901).

Career Ober taught at Wheaton Seminary from 1884 to 1886 and then in Palisade, Nevada, public schools from 1886 to 1888. She was instructor in modern languages at Bozeman Academy, Montana, from 1888 to 1889, and at Trinidad High School, Colorado, from 1894 to 1895. She also taught in Beverly and Omaha, Nebraska. She was instructor of Spanish at San Diego High School, California, from 1896 to 1897. She was Regent and Vice-Directress of Government Normal Schools in Argentina from 1889 to 1893.

She died on June 2, 1929, and is buried at Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington.

Legacy The Caroline Haven Ober papers, 1897-1929 are preserved at University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.