Kate Wetzel Jameson

Kate Wetzel Jameson was born on October 15, 1870, in Perrysburg, Ohio, the daughter of Jacob Wetzel.[1]

She studied in Leipzig, Bonn, and Wuerzburg and obtained an A.B. in 1905 and an M.A. in 1910 from Ohio Wesleyan University[2] and an A.M. in 1914 and a Ph.D. in 1916 from the University of Wisconsin.[1][3][4]

From 1914 to 1916 she taught school in Ohio and German at University of Wisconsin.[1][5]

From 1916 to 1920 she was professor of German and Dean of Women at Montana State University[5] and from 1920 to 1923 she was head of the German Department and Dean of Woman at Arizona State University.[5] From 1923 to 1941 she was the Dean of Women at Oregon State College. She later became Emeritus Dean of Women.[4]

She was especially interested in psychology and German literature.[1]

She was a member of the American Association of University Women, Federated Women's Clubs, the National Education Association, P.E.O. Sisterhood, Order of the Eastern Star, and the Parent-Teacher Association.[1]

Wetzel Jameson moved to Oregon in 1923. She married Rev. D. H. Jameson and had one son, Raymond Deloy.[1]

She died in 1967 in Toledo, Ohio.[3]

Oregon State University instituted the Kate W. Jameson International Education Award. The award was founded by an anonymous donor to the Oregon State University Foundation to assist a worthy and deserving Oregon student to participate in the Oregon State System of Higher Education Japan Study Center.[6]