Theodora J. Kalikow

Theodora June Kalikow (born 1941) Her father, Irving Kalikow, her mother was Rose (Cohen) Kalikow. She has one brother. She wrote her doctoral thesis on "Konrad Lorenz's Ethological Theory, 1927–1943".

Academic career In 1967 she taught philosophy at the University of Exeter in England. The following year she began teaching philosophy and the history of science at Southeastern Massachusetts University (now University of Massachusetts Dartmouth). She received tenure in 1974 and was made full professor in 1981. Her efforts to focus attention on women's issues led the college to establish the Theo Kalikow Award for faculty or staff members who work on behalf of women's issues.

University president

In 1994 Kalikow was named the 13th President of the University of Maine at Farmington. She assumed this position following the controversial departure of her predecessor, Dr. Selma Botman. In July 2014, David Flanagan was named as her successor while the University searched for a permanent replacement, and Kalikow took on a one-year job as acting vice chancellor and president emerita, at the same salary she had received as president.

In 1980, she received the Southern Massachusetts University Award for Contributions to the Status of Women.

In September 2015, the University of Maine Board of Trustees renamed the Education Center on the Farmington campus as the Theodora J. Kalikow Education Center.

Personal life Kalikow has been open about her lesbian orientation since college. Her hobbies include gardening and cross country skiing.