Ione Grogan

Ione Holt Grogan (March 4, 1891 – February 5, 1961) was an American academic, mathematician, and educator. She worked as a schoolteacher in North Carolina and Georgia for twenty-two years before joining the faculty at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, where she was a professor of mathematics from 1935 to 1958. A dormitory, a residence college, and a scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (previously the Woman's College), are named after her. Grogan was also the president of the Reviewers Club, the oldest literary club for women in North Carolina.

Early life, family, and education Grogan was born on March 4, 1891, in Reidsville, North Carolina, to John Henry Grogan and Mary Alice Robertson. Her mother was raised by an aunt and uncle, Margaret Hurt Robertson and Walter Scott Irving, Webster's great-grandparents, on their tobacco farm near Stoneville after the death of Grogan's grandmother, Nancy Montgomery. She was a mathematics professor at the college and served as residence hall counsel for the Coit and Weil dormitories until 1958. She served as president of the college's Alumnae Association from 1945 to 1947.

While living in Greensboro, Grogan was an active member of the North Carolina Democratic Party and the Greensboro League of Women Voters, and served as president of the Reviewers Club, the oldest literary club for women in North Carolina.

Death and legacy Grogan died on February 5, 1961. She was buried at Greenview Cemetery in Reidsville.

The Ione Holt Grogan Scholarship, as well as the Grogan Residence Hall and Grogan Residential College at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, are named after her.