About Pauline Tompkins
Lived 1918 – 2004 (aged 86). Pauline Tompkins was an American teacher, known for American Association of University Women and Cedar Crest College.
Pauline "Polly" Tompkins (March 5, 1918 – November 19, 2004
Early life and education Tompkins was born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. She graduated from Pine Manor College in 1938 and Mount Holyoke College in 1941 with Phi Beta Kappa honors. She received her Ph.D. from Tufts University in 1948.
Career Tompkins was general director of the American Association of University Women from 1959 to 1967. She was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the nine-member United States Advisory Commission on International Education and Cultural Affairs in 1964. She was chairman of the board of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching from 1974 to 1976.
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Who was Pauline Tompkins?
American college president (1918–2004)
When was Pauline Tompkins born?
Pauline Tompkins was born on 5 March 1918 in Rhinelander.
When did Pauline Tompkins die?
Pauline Tompkins died on 19 November 2004 in Edgecomb, Maine.
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Pauline Tompkins was a teacher.
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Pauline Tompkins was known for American Association of University Women and Cedar Crest College.
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Pauline Tompkins was American.
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