Coulter, Cornelia Catlin, 1885-1960

Cornelia Catlin Coulter was born in 1885 in Ferguson, Missouri. Her father was a Presbyterian minister. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1907 from Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri. She earned her doctorate from Bryn Mawr College in 1911 after spending a year studying at the University of Munich in 1909-1910. Coulter was a teacher and reader of Latin at Bryn Mawr College from 1911-1912, a teacher of Latin and Greek at Saint Agnes School in New York, 1912-1916, and an instructor and associate professor of Latin and Greek at Vassar College from 1916-1925. She arrived at Mount Holyoke College in 1926, where she remained till her retirement in 1951. She was a professor of Latin (Classical Languages and Literature) and chairman of the Department from 1935-1948. After her retirement from Mount Holyoke, she taught for two years at Hiram College, 1951-1953. Coulter returned to Mount Holyoke in 1957 where she taught for one semester prior to teaching at the University of North Carolina in 1959. Coulter served as President of the New England Classical Association, the American Philological Association, and the Western Massachusetts Society of the Archaeological Institute. She died April 27, 1960, at the age of seventy-five in Newport News, Virginia.

Classicist and educator. B.A., Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.), 1907; Ph. D., Bryn Mawr College, 1911. Teacher and reader of Latin at Bryn Mawr College, 1911-12; teacher of Latin and Greek at Saint Agnes School in New York, 1912-16; instructor and Associate Professor of Latin and Greek at Vassar College, 1916-25; and Professor of Latin (Classical Languages and Literature) at Mount Holyoke College, 1926-51. Chairman of the Department, 1935-48. After retiring from Mount Holyoke, she taught for two years at Hiram College, 1951-53. Coulter returned to Mount Holyoke in 1957 where she taught for one semester prior to teaching at the University of North Carolina in 1959. President of the New England Classical Association, the American Philological Association, and the Western Massachusetts Society of the Archaeological Institute.