Title: Aughtum Howard Papers, 1938-1977
Abstract
This collection includes letters, documents, and newspaper clippings from the time in which Dr. Aughtum Howard served as a faculty memeber at both Kentucky Wesleyan College and Eastern Kentucky University.
Administrative/Biographical History
Dr. Aughtum Howard was born in 1906 in Alma, Kentucky. After earning her B.A. from Georgetown University in 1926, as well as her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Kentucky in 1938 and 1942, Dr. Aughtum Howard was employed as an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Kentucky Wesleyan College in 1942. In September of 1958, Dr. Howard accepted a job as an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Eastern Kentucky University, where she remained teaching until her retirement in 1972. During her time at Kentucky Wesleyan and Eastern Kentucky University, she fulfilled leadership roles in numerous organizations, including the Mathematical Association of America, the American Association of University Professors, the Kentucky Association of Church-Related Colleges, and the Kentucky Association of Colleges, Secondary, and Elementary Schools.