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168: 66: 25: 421:'s first female tenured professor in the early 1950s, the MIT Faculty Club remained an all-male enclave. When she went to the Provost and asked to be admitted, he denied her request, at which point she retorted, "well then you can just build me my own Faculty Club." The policy was changed that same day. 458:. Despite her administrative ability, she considered herself first to be a teacher, eventually working as a professor for over half a century. She had remarked, "I enjoy the simple act of teaching. It's not transmitting information, it's enticing people into the world of ideas." 451:’s presidential papers. (Walt had served in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and was writing a book.) She served as dean of both the LBJ School of Public Affairs and University of Texas' Division of General and Comparative Studies. 470:, a comprehensive community investment program in children and young people. Her husband once said, "She's extraordinarily concerned with other people. She is an administrator with a green thumb. When she runs something, it flourishes." 429:
She brought to the University of Texas impressive academic credentials and internationally recognized expertise in the area of public policy. Among her other presidential appointments,
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described Rostow as having "never a hair nor a thread nor a word out of place. She is quietly intense, notoriously elegant, eloquent, proper, and continually self-deprecating."
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While teaching at Barnard in 1939, she was among the founders of American studies as an academic discipline and later authored the book,
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She died, aged 90, following a heart attack, in 2007, survived by her two children, Ann and Peter, and a granddaughter, Diana Rostow.
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Rostow was a force at University of Texas from 1969 until her death. She was initially drawn to
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at a Paris seminar in 1937. After their marriage a decade later, the couple lived in
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in Washington, analyzing dispatches from the French Resistance. She had met
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Elspeth Vaughan Davies was born October 20, 1917. She graduated from
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in 1938. She received a master's degree in history from
353:; October 20, 1917 – December 10, 2007) was Dean of the 336: 326: 293: 278: 259: 252: 90:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 447:with her husband, Walt, by the research value of 189:but its sources remain unclear because it lacks 499:"Former UT dean, presidential counselor dies" 8: 53:Learn how and when to remove these messages 578:People of the Office of Strategic Services 454:As dean, she recruited professors such as 249: 238:Learn how and when to remove this message 220:Learn how and when to remove this message 150:Learn how and when to remove this message 593:American women civilians in World War II 588:University of Texas at Austin faculty 532:Only obituary providing date of birth 497:George, Patrick (December 10, 2007). 413:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7: 88:adding citations to reliable sources 377:in 1939 and a master's degree from 436:appointed her to the board of the 14: 417:When she was being considered as 34:This article has multiple issues. 391:European Economic Reconstruction 166: 64: 23: 558:20th-century American educators 75:needs additional citations for 42:or discuss these issues on the 1: 359:University of Texas at Austin 16:American academic (1917-2007) 573:Educators from New York City 568:Academics from Austin, Texas 399:Office of Strategic Services 355:LBJ School of Public Affairs 440:, which she later chaired. 282:December 10, 2007 (aged 90) 609: 503:Austin American-Statesman 583:Radcliffe College alumni 466:In 1991, she co-founded 365:Early life and education 340:Peter Rostow, Ann Rostow 175:This article includes a 438:U.S. Institute of Peace 379:University of Cambridge 204:more precise citations. 563:Barnard College alumni 351:Elspeth Vaughan Davies 264:Elspeth Vaughan Davies 397:, she worked for the 316:Cambridge University 84:improve this article 425:University of Texas 403:Walt Whitman Rostow 361:from 1977 to 1983. 331:Walt Whitman Rostow 468:The Austin Project 271:New York, New York 177:list of references 449:Lyndon B. Johnson 409:for three years. 375:Radcliffe College 344: 343: 307:Radcliffe College 248: 247: 240: 230: 229: 222: 160: 159: 152: 134: 57: 600: 512: 510: 509: 267:October 20, 1917 250: 243: 236: 225: 218: 214: 211: 205: 200:this article by 191:inline citations 170: 169: 162: 155: 148: 144: 141: 135: 133: 99:"Elspeth Rostow" 92: 68: 60: 49: 27: 26: 19: 608: 607: 603: 602: 601: 599: 598: 597: 538: 537: 527:Washington Post 519: 507: 505: 496: 493: 485: 464: 427: 415: 393:(1948). During 387: 371:Barnard College 367: 314: 305: 298:Barnard College 289: 283: 274: 268: 266: 265: 255: 244: 233: 232: 231: 226: 215: 209: 206: 195: 181:related reading 171: 167: 156: 145: 139: 136: 93: 91: 81: 69: 28: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 606: 604: 596: 595: 590: 585: 580: 575: 570: 565: 560: 555: 550: 540: 539: 536: 535: 529: 518: 517:External links 515: 514: 513: 492: 489: 484: 481: 463: 460: 456:Barbara Jordan 426: 423: 414: 411: 386: 383: 366: 363: 347:Elspeth Rostow 342: 341: 338: 334: 333: 328: 324: 323: 295: 291: 290: 284: 280: 276: 275: 269: 263: 261: 257: 256: 254:Elspeth Rostow 253: 246: 245: 228: 227: 185:external links 174: 172: 165: 158: 157: 72: 70: 63: 58: 32: 31: 29: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 605: 594: 591: 589: 586: 584: 581: 579: 576: 574: 571: 569: 566: 564: 561: 559: 556: 554: 551: 549: 546: 545: 543: 534:at wcfish.com 533: 530: 528: 524: 521: 520: 516: 504: 500: 495: 494: 490: 488: 482: 480: 478: 477: 471: 469: 461: 459: 457: 452: 450: 446: 445:Austin, Texas 441: 439: 435: 434:Ronald Reagan 432: 424: 422: 420: 412: 410: 408: 404: 400: 396: 392: 384: 382: 380: 376: 372: 364: 362: 360: 356: 352: 348: 339: 335: 332: 329: 325: 321: 317: 312: 308: 303: 299: 296: 292: 287: 286:Austin, Texas 281: 277: 272: 262: 258: 251: 242: 239: 224: 221: 213: 210:December 2007 203: 199: 193: 192: 186: 182: 178: 173: 164: 163: 154: 151: 143: 140:December 2007 132: 129: 125: 122: 118: 115: 111: 108: 104: 101: –  100: 96: 95:Find sources: 89: 85: 79: 78: 73:This article 71: 67: 62: 61: 56: 54: 47: 46: 41: 40: 35: 30: 21: 20: 526: 506:. Retrieved 486: 474: 472: 467: 465: 453: 442: 428: 416: 395:World War II 390: 388: 385:World War II 368: 350: 346: 345: 234: 216: 207: 196:Please help 188: 146: 137: 127: 120: 113: 106: 94: 82:Please help 77:verification 74: 50: 43: 37: 36:Please help 33: 553:2007 deaths 548:1917 births 476:The Alcalde 202:introducing 542:Categories 508:2007-12-11 491:References 110:newspapers 39:improve it 473:In 1996, 431:President 381:in 1949. 294:Education 45:talk page 523:Obituary 337:Children 357:at the 198:improve 124:scholar 407:Geneva 349:(born 327:Spouse 288:, U.S. 273:, U.S. 126:  119:  112:  105:  97:  483:Death 462:1990s 183:, or 131:JSTOR 117:books 279:Died 260:Born 103:news 525:at 419:MIT 86:by 544:: 501:. 320:MA 313:) 311:MA 304:) 302:BA 187:, 179:, 48:. 511:. 322:) 318:( 309:( 300:( 241:) 235:( 223:) 217:( 212:) 208:( 194:. 153:) 147:( 142:) 138:( 128:· 121:· 114:· 107:· 80:. 55:) 51:(

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