April 20, 2023

Mary Childers: Founding Ombuds at Dartmouth College

Mary Childers, who served as the Ombuds at the private Ivy League college in New Hampshire, passed away this week. Childers was the first in her family to attend college and started at the age of 16. A multi-talented academic, Mary held teaching and administrative positions at the University of Maine-Orono, Vanderbilt, Dartmouth, Oberlin, Cincinnati, Villanova, Brown, and Brandeis. At Dartmouth, her administrative positions included serving as Director of the Women’s Resource Center, Director of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, and Special Assistant to the President. She became the first Ombuds in 2007 and served until her retirement in 2014. (Legacy.com Obituary.)

2 comments:

  1. I read this with such sadness, thank you for posting - Ruthy Kohorn Rosenberg

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  2. Lydia Cummings4/26/2023 8:57 PM

    Mary was a beloved colleague. A lovely woman and ombudsman.

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