Brown, Bernice V. (Bernice Veazey)

Bernice Brown Cronkhite attended Radcliffe College (A.B. 1916, A.M. 1918, Ph.D. 1920). She was graduate dean of Radcliffe College from 1934 to 1959, and also served as vice-president from 1923 to 1960.

From the description of Papers, 1957-1959 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009788

College administrator. Educated at Radcliffe (A.B. 1916; A.M. 1918; Ph.D. 1920); spent post-graduate year in Belgium working on international law; established training school for women competing for civil service positions in Massachusetts under the auspices of the Women's Municipal League in Boston, 1921-1923. In 1923, she was appointed Dean of Radcliffe College; from 1934 to 1959 she served as Dean of the Graduate School; and also as Vice-President from 1923 to 1960.

From the description of Papers of Bernice Brown Cronkhite, 1921-1981 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006513

Graduate dean of Radcliffe from 1934 to 1959 and vice-president of the school from 1923 to 1960, [Mrs. Leonard Wolsey] Cronkhite was active nationally and internationally in the field of education. From Radcliffe she received a B.A., 1916, M.A., 1918, and Ph.D., 1920, in government and international law. She was first appointed dean in 1923.

From the description of Papers, 1915-1970 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006556

BBC was born in Calais, Maine in 1893 and after the death of her mother in 1896, was brought up with her older brother, by her father and aunt. She attended schools in Providence, Rhode Island and following graduation from high school taught school in Tiverton for one year. She attended Radcliffe, 1912-1916, because of its course offerings in government and law and received a "distant work" scholarship because she came from a city outside of Boston. While at Radcliffe for reasons of economy, BBC roomed with Louise Jackson, a portrait painter, at Studio House, 168 Brattle Street. After receiving her AB in 1916, BBC continued as a part time student, for two years serving as first woman teaching assistant in Government I, and earning her AM in political science. She received a fellowship from the Carnegie Endowment for Peace in Washington, the first woman to do so, and worked for one year at Yale. She completed her studies at Radcliffe and received her Ph.D in 1920. At the instigation of President Briggs, BBC spent a postgraduate year in Belgium, working on the papers of Professor Ernest Nys, the leading scholar in international law in Belgium who had recently died. From 1921-1923, under the auspices of the Women's Municipal League in Boston she started a training school for women who wanted to go into civil service positions in Massachusetts (policewomen, truant officers, sanitary inspectors etc.). In 1923 BBC was appointed Dean of Radcliffe College under the Presidency of Ada Comstock. From 1934-1959 she served as Dean of the Graduate School, and was also Vice-President of Radcliffe College, from 1923-1960.

From the guide to the Papers of Bernice Brown Cronkhite, 1921-1981, (Radcliffe College Archives, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)