Alice Cooke Brown

Background

Brown, Alice Cooke was born on April 13, 1913 in Westfield, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of William Alfred and Kate (Gault) Cooke.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Middlebury College, 1935. Master of Arts, New York University, 1939, Doctor of Philosophy, 1948. Postgraduate (fellow) Columbia, 1940.

Career

Teacher, Rutherford (New Jersey) High School, 1937-1945. Teacher history and English, Fairleigh Dickinson College, 1945. Dean freshman women, director admissions Middlebury College, 1945-1947.

Professor, department chairman history and government U. Hartford, 1953-1963, dean women Hillyer College, 1953-1962, university archivist, 1962-1963.

Faculty Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont, 1963-1974, professor of history, 1967-1974, chairman social science division, 1966-1974. Moderator television series As We Were, West National Broadcasting Company-television, 1959, Americana, 1960.

Exhibited oil paintings group shows, Bridport, Goshen, Vergennes, Chaffee Art Gallery, Rutland, Poultney, Vermont, U. Hartford, Green Mountain College.

Achievements

• Alice Cooke Brown has been listed as a noteworthy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member evaluation committee social studies Connecticut Department Education, 1959-1963. Member Mayor of Hartford Commission Civil War Centennial. Member United States committee for United Nations International Children"s Emergency Fund.

Member American Association U. Women (past president Vermont division.

Clubs: Soroptimist (past president Hartford, delegate national convention New York City 1956).

Connections

Married John Hull Brown, June 30, 1947.

Father:

William Alfred Cooke

Mother:

Kate (Gault) Cooke

Spouse:

John Hull Brown