Louisa Stone Stevenson
Louisa Stone Stevenson | |
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Louisa Stone Stevenson, from the 1916 yearbook of Sweet Briar College | |
| Born | December 5, 1879 Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 10, 1969 (aged 89) Marblehead, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupations | Chemist, college professor |
Louisa Stone Stevenson (December 5, 1879 – January 10, 1969) was an American chemist and college professor. She was a chemistry professor at Mount Holyoke College from 1915 to 1945.
Early life and education
Stevenson was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Timothy Findlay Stevenson and Emily (Emma) Louisa Pevey Stevenson. She graduated from Vassar College in 1901, and earned her Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University in 1911.[1][2] She held the Lydia Pratt Babbott Fellowship from Vassar twice,[3] to pursue graduate study in chemistry.[4][5] She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi honor societies.[6]
Career
Stevenson taught at Vassar College after she graduated. She taught at Wellesley College from 1911 to 1913,[4][7] and at Sweet Briar College from 1913 to 1915, where she succeeded her friend, physician Connie M. Guion, as department head.[8][9] She became a full professor at Mount Holyoke College in 1919; her colleagues in the chemistry department there included Dorothy Hahn and Emma Perry Carr.[10] She participated in campus theatrical productions, and was faculty advisor to the school's Fellowship of Faiths organization.[3] She was a reader for the College Entrance Examination Board for "many years".[2][3]
Stevenson retired from teaching at Mount Holyoke with emeritus status in 1945.[3][11] At that time, the college established a Louisa Stone Stevenson Fund, to award prizes to undergraduates excelling in chemistry.[12][13] In 1954, she and Emma Perry Carr presided at a ceremony to open a time capsule box from the cornerstone of Shattuck Hall, as the campus building was being demolished.[14]
Publications
- The Fluorescence of Anthracene (1911)[1]
Personal life
Stevenson died in 1969, at the age of 89, at a nursing home in Marblehead, Massachusetts.[15][16]
References
- ^ a b Stevenson, Louisa Stone (1911). The Fluorescence of Anthracene ... Cornell University.
- ^ a b College Entrance Examination Board (September 1929). "List of Readers for 1929". Annual Report of the Secretary. p. 58.
- ^ a b c d "Chemistry Professor at Mt. Holyoke Retires; Mrs. Dresser Leaving College". Transcript-Telegram. 1945-04-27. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Department Notes". The Mount Holyoke. 25: 119. October 1915.
- ^ "Vassar Scholarship". The Boston Globe. 1903-04-27. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Louisa Stevenson, Retired Professor". The Republican. 1969-01-13. p. 17. Retrieved 2025-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wellesley College". Boston Evening Transcript. 1911-05-17. p. 26. Retrieved 2025-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Sweet Briar College, The Briar Patch (1916 yearbook): dedication page; via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Large Gifts in Honor of Doctor Known Here to Sweet Briar". Transcript-Telegram. 1957-02-19. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Shmurak, Carole B.; Handler, Bonnie S. (1992). ""Castle of Science": Mount Holyoke College and the Preparation of Women in Chemistry, 1837-1941". History of Education Quarterly. 32 (3): 315–342. doi:10.2307/368548. ISSN 0018-2680. Archived from the original on 2023-12-08. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ "Chemistry Head to Retire after 30 Years". Burlington Daily News. 1945-04-30. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mount Holyoke Professor Emeritus Dies". The Morning Union. 1969-01-13. p. 9. Retrieved 2025-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "3 Mount Holyoke Seniors Awarded Chemistry Prizes". Transcript-Telegram. 1972-05-05. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sherrill-Barstow Fund Established". Transcript-Telegram. 1954-06-08. p. 18. Retrieved 2025-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Louisa Stevenson". The Daily Item. 1969-01-11. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "L. S. Stevenson, She Taught at Mount Holyoke". The Boston Globe. 1969-01-13. p. 32. Retrieved 2025-09-25 – via Newspapers.com.