Background
Price, Cora Lee Beers was born on January 28, 1908 in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Clarence Palmer and Cora Bertha (Griffith) Beers.
Price, Cora Lee Beers was born on January 28, 1908 in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Clarence Palmer and Cora Bertha (Griffith) Beers.
Bachelor, Beloit College, 1932. Master of Arts, Claremont College, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1940.
Instructor English Beloit Wisconsin College, 1933—1934. Assistant English Stanford California University, 1934—1936. Instructor English Catholic University American, 1935.
Teacher Latin and English Tulare (California) High School, 1936—1938. Instructor English Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1938—1940, University Kansas, Lawrence, 1945—1946, 1961—1965, instructor classics, 1962—1967, lecturer classics, 1967—1973, assistant professor classics, 1973—1979. Emerita, since 1979; assistant professor English Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, 1980.
Organist Baptist Church, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1925—1934, Lawrence, 1957—1959, 1961—1962. Secretary City Council Parent-Teachers Association, Lawrence. Board directors American Baptist Student Center, University Kansas, 1967—1972, Lawrence Civic Choir, 1973—1974.
Member of American Association of University Women, Classical Association Middle East & South, American Classical League, National Council Teachers English, Zodiac, Kansas University Women's, Lawrence Music (president 1945-1947).
Married Griffith Baley Price Price, June 18, 1940. Children: Cora Lee, Griffith Baley, Lucy Jean, Edwina Clare, Sallie Diane, Doris Joanne.