Taft, Katherine DeLage, 1917-

Born September 1, 1917. Chemist, Educator. Katherine DeLage received her A.B. from Mundelein College in 1938 with a major in chemistry. In the years immediately following graduation, she was employed as a social case worker and as both a research and control chemist. After marrying Andrew Taft and becoming the mother of five children, she returned to the field of education on the secondary and college level as a teacher and lecturer in the areas of chemistry and earth sciences. She received her master's degree from Cornell University in 1961. Taft held memberships in numerous science and education organizations and was elected Regional Director of the National Science Teacher's Association in 1970. She held a Shell Fellowship at Cornell in 1968 that allowed her to focus on the training of elementary school teachers in the development of multimedia systems as applied to science and mathematics. In the early 1980s, Taft taught at the American International School in Vienna, Austria. Besides acting as consultant for the Midwest Editorial and Publishing Services in their preparation of a series of science filmstrips, Taft founded and acted as President of her own company, The Science Education Service.