1946 alumna funds Family and Consumer Sciences scholarship

Although she taught home economics for only two years before she married and started a family, and was a substitute teacher for two years after her daughters were older, Mary Crane has used her Illinois State Normal University education in many ways throughout her life.

Read more about Crane and her memories of ISU.

Lasting Impressions

“When it seemed that nothing I was writing was correct, and I would never complete my thesis, John Baldwin was there to offer direction,” said Diane Meister ''87, M.S. '05. “I had no intention of teaching or pursuing further degrees, yet he still challenged me to view my research as beneficial to others and gave serious consideration to my work."

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Read more about Meister and John Baldwin.