Navy WAVE, Dedicated Teacher

Madeline Burks Cuthbertson (MA ’49), who lived her life first and foremost a teacher, died on April 29, 2006 , in Austin , Texas .

After receiving her B.A. in education from Troy State Teachers College in May, 1941, Cuthbertson taught in elementary schools in Florida and Alabama .

In WWII she served in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Emergency Volunteer Service), a U.S. Navy unit for women, where she was promoted to lieutenant, logging numerous hours as one of the country’s first female naval navigators. After release from active service, Cuthbertson pursued a master’s degree at The University of Iowa, where she joined the Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society and Professional Association in Education, eventually becoming its president.

Her teaching career moved as she followed her husband’s career from Mason City , Iowa , to Albion , Nebraska , and later Newport , Arkansas . While in Dallas , Texas , she taught at Sunset High School , and eventually assumed chairmanship of the mathematics department at Houston ’s Reagan High School . Her focus was advanced mathematics, which she loved to teach. Algebra, geometry, slide rule, and number sense all were her areas of expertise.

She retired from teaching in 1981, and volunteered over 1,000 hours at Houston ’s M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in her retirement. In December, 2003, as she drifted into Alzheimers Disease, a letter arrived from a student from years past, now an engineer. In it, he thanked her for the great math education she had given him, and told how her enthusiasm had impacted his future career choice.

This was exactly what drove her—an enthusiasm for life and learning.

Charles W. Case Remembered

Charles W. Case, dean of The University of Iowa College of Education from 1980 to 1987, passed away April 30, 2006, at the age of 67.

Case, who served during the tough educational times of A Nation at Risk and rough financial times of Iowa’s ailing farm economy as the College’s sixth dean, lead the College as it was chosen to improve elementary and secondary education in the Midwest through the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL) and as a founding member of the Holmes Group, a consortium of colleges and universities dedicated to improving the quality of teacher education programs around the country.

After Case resigned at Iowa , he went on to serve as dean at The University of Connecticut School of Education until he retired.

1920s

Gladys A. Shumway (BA ’25)
Elizabeth Harper (BA ’26)

1930s

Ernie N. Schroeder (BA ’35)
Mary Rozanne Heller (BA ’38)

1940s

Arthur Dishman (BA ’40)
Elmo L. Baxter (BA ‘41/MA ’49)
Duane C. Shaw (BA ‘41/ MA ‘41/PhD ’48)
Gay A. Orr (MA ’41)
Helene Marie Schatz (BA ’44)
John C. Britson (BA ’47)
Joseph W. Cassidy (BA ‘48/ MA ‘49/PhD ’69)
Arline D. Davids (MA ’48)
Catherine M. Feulner (BA ‘48/ MA ’51)
Donald L. Hoth (MA ’48)
Harvey A. Peterson (BA ‘48/ MA ’52)
Raymond A. Wittrig (MA ’48)
Donald H. Rollstin (MA ’49)

1950s

John B. Cox (MA ’50)
Ernest W. Purcell (BA ‘50/ MA’55)
Mary K. Roose (BA ’50/MA ‘63/PhD ’65)
Eldred E. Berkshire (MA ’52)
Robert Daub (BSPE ’54)
Phillip D. Gaffney (MA ‘54/PhD ’57)
Francis O. Boom (MA ’56)
Cecil E. Mott (MA ’57)
Robert W. Swedberg (MA ’57)
Carol Carpenter (BA ’58)
Allen J. Edwards (PhD ’58)
John W. Kappmeyer (MA ’59)
Ethel May Northey (MA ’59)
John E. Rush (BA ‘59/MA ’62)

1960s

Mary C. Haerther (BA ’60)
Marilyn A. Shipanik (BA ’60)
Linda L. Young (BA ‘60/MA ‘63/PhD ’78)
Kermit O. Hotvedt (MA ’61)
Robert W. McCormick (MA ’61)
Barbara B. Luchsinger (MA ‘62/PhD ’69)
Georgiana S. Brown (BA ’63)
Vince C. Yager (MA ’63)
Gary D. Janes (BS ‘64/MA ‘67/PhD ’70)
Orrin J. Mizer (PhD ’64)
Kathryn J. West (BA ’64)
Dorotha L. Grout (BA ’65)
Donald A. Underwood (MA ’65)
Doris Bernd Jacobs (BA ’66)
John F. McKenna (PhD ’66)
Norma J. Sheldahl (MA ’66)
Sandra S. Trent (BA ’66)
Sherrie D. Gavin (BA ’67)
Joanne E. Hill (BS ’67)
William H. Goettsch (BA ’68)
Frances E. Schley (MA ’68)
John R. Pinney (BA ‘69/MA ’73)
William B. Mueller (BA ‘69/MA ’70)
Robert E. Zipperer (BA ’69)

1970s

Jeanette Mulligan (BBA ’70)
Mary C. DiViggiano (BA ’71)
Carol A. Austin (MA ’72)
Jane Williams Bergsten (PhD ’72)
Thomas E. Cone (MA ‘72/EdS ‘72/PhD ’82)
Donald W. Humphreys (PhD ’72)
Fernando M. Mendoza (BA ’72)
Sallie Kirk Lundeen (BA ’73)
John T. Pelton (JD ‘73/MA ‘79/EdS ’87)
Monica J. Moe (BA ’75)
Mark C. Angerer (BS ’78)
Kate L. Barnes (BA ’78)

1980s

Judith A. Otcheck (BM ’80)
Elaine V. Mykleby (MA ’85)
Louise V. Wickham (MA ’85)
Mark Houston (PhD ’88)
Michael R. Winger (MA ’86)

1990s

Shin H. Kim (PhD ’92)
Jane Grady (PhD ’94)

2000s

Tiffany Ann Maier, 22, of Iowa City , died March 6, 2006, of a rare cancer. She had been in her third year at The University of Iowa pursuing a degree in education. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences awarded her a posthumous Certificate of Academic Excellence that was signed by President Skorton, Dean Linda Maxson, and Dean Sandra Damico.