Martha Stoessel Wahl

Background

Wahl, Martha Stoessel was born on March 9, 1916 in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Theodore A. and Anna Theresa (Coday) Stoessel.

Education

Aa, Ottumwa Heights College, 1936. Diploma, Ottumwa Heights College. Bachelor, University Iowa, 1938.

AM, Columbia University, 1942. 6th year diploma, Columbia University, 1959.

Career

Assistant professor mathematics, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, 1959-1978; associate professor mathematics, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, 1978-1985; full professor mathematics, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, 1985-1986; retired, 1986.

Achievements

• Martha Stoessel Wahl has been listed as a noteworthy Mathematics educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Participant meetings City of Ridgefield, Connecticut, since 1955. Grantor John and Stacey Wahl scholarships, physics astronomy department University Iowa, since 1982. Participant elder hostels University Iowa, since 1979.

Member National Council Teachers Mathematics (life), American Association of University Women (life), American Association of University Professors, Daughters of the American Revolution, Phi Delta Kappa (executive board, Excellence in Teaching award 1985, Distinguished Educator award 1992), Delta Kappa Gamma.

Interests

• Attending elder hostels, travel, writing memoirs.

Connections

Married John Schempp Wahl, December 27, 1943 (deceased August 1982). Children: Elizabeth A. O'Connor, Richard Carl, Patrick Theodore.

Father:

Theodore A. Stoessel

Mother:

Anna Theresa (Coday) Stoessel

Spouse:

John Schempp Wahl

child:

Patrick Theodore Wahl

child:

Richard Carl Wahl

child:

Elizabeth A. O'Connor Wahl