Espenschade, Anna Scholl, 1903-1998

Anna Scholl Espenschade was a professor of physical education at University of California, Berkeley. She worked on tracking motor development among children. In 1924, she obtained her bachelor's degree in Spanish from Goucher College in Baltimore, Md. She went on to Wellesley College and gained a master's degree in hygiene and physical education . In 1939, she received a PhD in psychology from UC Berkeley. Espenschade was on the advisory board of the President's Council on Youth Fitness, established in 1956 and later known as the President's Council on Physical Fitness. She was a guiding force in developing simple, reliable methods for school officials to gather data useful in measuring the physical ability of public school students.