Background
Brownrigg, Dorothy Ruth Akin was born on June 3, 1914 in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. Daughter of Abraham I. and Nellie (Taylor) Akin.
Brownrigg, Dorothy Ruth Akin was born on June 3, 1914 in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. Daughter of Abraham I. and Nellie (Taylor) Akin.
Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University, 1935, National Science Foundation research grantee summers 1959-1960, postgraduate, 1962-1965. Grantee U. Nebraska, summer 1966. Postgraduate Texas Technical University, summer 1969.
Teacher chemistry, biology, general science, home economics Primero High School, Weston, Colorado, 1935-1964. Head homemaking department Trinidad (Colorado) High School, 1964-1971. Teacher adult nutrition Trinidad State Junior College.
Member Stonewall (president Southern division 1963-1964), Las Animas County (president 1962-1964) teachers associations, Trinidad Education, Association (president 1964-1965), Homemaking Teachers Colorado (president 1965-1967), Colorado Vocational Homemaking Teachers (president elect 1968), Gamma Phi Beta (chapter secretary 1933-1934), Delta Kappa Gamma (president 1966-1968), Colorado Education Association, National Education Association, Colorado Vocational Education. Member Order Eastern Star.
Married Robert Charles Brownrigg, May 27, 1937. Children: Robert Bruce, Charles Stuart.