File:Edith F. McDermott.jpg

Identifier: historyofmichiga00beal Title: History of the Michigan agricultural college and biographical sketches of trustees and professors Year: 1915 (1910s) Authors: Beal, William James, 1833- [from old catalog] Subjects: Michigan. State University, East Lansing. [from old catalog] Publisher: East Lansing, Agricultural college Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book

Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image: He married Kate Marvin at Lansing, Michigan, December 30, 1885. Shewas the daughter of Mathew Marvin and Mary (Gregory) M. of Lansing.Mr. Marvin was from New York state and his wife from Virginia. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF TRUSTEES AND FACULTY. 439 Mrs. Kedzie has been an accomplished teacher of music for many years. Frank came to the college in 1863 when a mere lad about six years oldand has lived there and in Lansing for fifty years (1913). In 1880 he beganteaching chemistry at M. A. C. and has served as instructor, assistantprofessor, adjunct professor, and professor, for a portion of the time assist-ant chemist of the Experiment Station. He has been active, efficient, pro-gressive and popular. Children: None. Miss Edith F. McDermott was the first person chosen to serve ashead of the department of home economics, beginning in September, 1896,and continuing till June, 1898. Edith Florence McDermotts father wasborn in Nova Scotia and her mother in Montreal and later lived in Pennsyl-

Text Appearing After Image: MISS EDITH F. McDERMOTT. vania. She taught in the State College of Washington. She was a nativeof Meadville, Pennsylvania; received her literary training in the high schoolof that city, and in Allegheny College. She then entered Drexel InstitutePhiladelphia, and later Cornell University and took up the work along thefines of domestic economy and household science. After completing thiswork and graduating with honors, she took charge of the cooking anddomestic science department of a large industrial school. Her work in thisposition was of a very high order and brought her to the notice of manyprominent educators. She is a woman of thorough training; has morethan an ordinary amount of tact and general good sense. Harry Will Bandholtz was the son of Christopher J. Bandholtz ofGermany and Elizabeth Bandholtz of New York and was born December 440 HISTORY OF MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 18th, 1864 at Constantine, Michigan. He married May Cleveland atChicago, Illinois, July 15, 1890. He w

Note About Images