Evelyn Kendrick Wantland

Background

Wantland, Evelyn Kendrick was born on June 22, 1917 in Suffolk, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Marion Kelly and Mary Douglas (Causey) Kendrick.

Education

Bachelor in Mathematics, University of Illinois, 1948; Master of Arts in Math, University of Illinois, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy in Math, University of Illinois, 1958.

Career

Professor mathematics, Ferrum (Virginia) Junior College (now Ferrum College), 1949-1951; assistant professor mathematics, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 1951-1957; professor, head department mathematics, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 1964-1976; associate professor mathematics, Kansas State College (now Kansas State University), Manhattan, 1957-1962; associate professor mathematics, U. Mississippi, Oxford, 1962-1964.

Achievements

• Evelyn Kendrick Wantland has been listed as a noteworthy mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American, Sigma Xi, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Connections

Married John Rankin Kinney, May 16, 1939 (divorced April 1949). 1 child, Lois Kinney Dimmitt. Married Wayne Warde Wantland, April 19, 1964 (deceased March 1971).

Father:

Marion Kelly Kendrick

Mother:

Mary Douglas (Causey) Kendrick

Spouse:

Wayne Warde Wantland

Spouse:

John Rankin Kinney

child:

Lois Kinney Dimmitt Wantland