Mary Maples Dunn

Mary Maples Dunn
Acting President of Smith College
In office
July 1999 – September 1999
Preceded byLinda S. Wilson
8th President of Smith College
In office
1985–1995
Preceded byJill Ker Conway
Succeeded byRuth Simmons
Personal details
Born(1931-04-06)April 6, 1931
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedMarch 19, 2017(2017-03-19) (aged 85)[1]
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
SpouseRichard Slator Dunn
Alma materCollege of William and Mary (BS)
Bryn Mawr College (M.A., Ph.D.)
ProfessionHistorian
Academic background
ThesisA cause to plead: The political thought and career of William Penn from 1660 to 1701. (1959)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Institutions

Mary Maples Dunn (April 6, 1931 – March 19, 2017[1]) was an American historian. She served as the eighth president of Smith College for ten years beginning in 1985. Dunn was also the director of the Schlesinger Library from 1995 to 2000. She was acting president of Radcliffe College when it merged with Harvard University, and she became the acting dean of the newly created Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study after the merger.[2]

Dunn later became a Radcliffe Institute Fellow[3] and served as co-executive officer of the American Philosophical Society from 2002 to 2007.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :02 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Slotnik, Daniel E. (March 22, 2017). "Mary Maples Dunn, Advocate of Women's Colleges, Dies at 85". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "The Mary Maples Dunn Prize". June 15, 2008.
  4. ^ "Mary Maples Dunn Remembered". www.amphilsoc.org.

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