Peterson, Martha, 1916-2006.

Martha Elizabeth Peterson was born June 22, 1916 near Jamestown, Kansas to Anton Romeo Peterson (1890-1952) and Osey Gail French (1891-1982), who were married November 14, 1914. In 1933 Peterson graduated from Salina High School, Salina, Kansas, and went on to attended the University of Kansas (KU), earning both her B.A. (1937) and M.A. (1943) in mathematics.

Peterson taught math in high schools in Stockton and Ellinwood from 1937-1942 before joining the KU Department of Mathematics as an instructor in 1942. As she worked towards a Ph.D. in educational psychology, which she completed in 1959, Peterson served as assistant dean of women at KU from 1947-1952, and as dean of women from 1952-1956. She is credited with installing the dormitory system for freshmen women while at KU.

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