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Legacy Leaders

We highlight the accomplishments of our Legacy Leaders – the professors, directors, and extension personnel who laid the foundation for the Norton School’s current and future success. In the new build-ing, a variety of rooms and facilities will bear the names of these Legacy Leaders. By honoring our past, webuild our future.

We invite you to honor a Legacy Leader with a gift to Campaign Cornerstones. Please see our list of Ways to Give. See also our list of Donors Honoring Legacy Leaders.

Victor A. Christopherson - Outstanding professor, acting director, and division chair – one of the pioneering researchers in child development over acareer lasting half a century.

Victor A. Christopherson

Helen Goetz - Outstanding alumna, professor, and volunteer – national leader in the ground-breaking field of consumer economics andpersonal finance.

Helen Goetz

Ellen Goldsberry - Outstanding retail center founding director – took the concept of a partnership withthe retail industry from scribbled idea toacclaimed reality.

Ellen Goldsberry

Nancy Graham - Outstanding professor – a leader in home economics education and force behindinspiring learning experiences for students across the state.

Nancy Graham

Ruth C. Hall - Outstanding director and professor – led the school to national distinction during two decades of enormous cultural change; a national leader in American home economics .

 

Ruth C. Hall

James R. Hine - Outstanding professor in marriage and volunteer – prepared students for careers in research, teaching, and the private sector for over 30 years.

 

James R. Hine

Jean Ruley Kearns - Outstanding professor and administrator – brought cutting-edge concepts and aglobal perspective to her work at the UA.

 

Jean Ruley Kearns

Amy Jean Knorr - Outstanding professor and volunteer – brought the wisdom of ethical and criticalthinking to solving practical problems of home and family.

 

Amy Jean Knorr

Doris Manning - Outstanding professor – renowned expertin all aspects of home economics education, including service, research, and curriculum design.

 

Doris Manning

Shirley J. O’Brien - Outstanding extension specialist and program director – her efforts increased public understanding of child maltreatment issues and increased campus diversity.

 

Shirley J. O'Brien

Naomi Reich - Outstanding professor and administrator –highly expert in the field of clothing design, innovative teacher, and strong advocate for those with special needs.

 

Naomi Reich

Robert R. Rice - Outstanding professor in interior designand school director – led the school with great skill through a period of rapid growth and change.

 

Robert R. Rice

David C. Rowe - Outstanding professor in adolescence –brought a passion making connections across disciplines to his groundbreaking and celebrated behavioral genetic research in multiple fields.

 

David C. Rowe
Shirley Jo Taylor - Outstanding alumna, extension specialist,and youth educator – zeroing in on keysocial issues like healthy adolescentrelationships, she devoted her career to 4-H Shirley Jo Taylor
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