Rosalind Cassidy | |
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Born | Rosalind Frances Cassidy July 17, 1895
Quincy, Illinois, United States |
Died | November 4, 1980 (85 years)
Montecito, California, United States |
Occupation(s) | Physical educator, college professor |
Rosalind Frances Cassidy (July 17, 1895 – November 4, 1980) was an American physical educator. She was a professor and chair of the physical education department at Mills College from 1918 to 1947, and on the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1947 to 1962.
Cassidy was born in Quincy, Illinois, the daughter of John Warren Cassidy and Margaret Ashbrook Cassidy. Her father ran a successful plant nursery. Her parents divorced in 1905. [1] She attended schools in Colorado Springs, Oakland, [2] and Tacoma, and graduated from Mills College in 1918, as a student of Elizabeth Rheem Stoner. She earned a master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1923, and an Ed.D. in 1937. [3] [4] She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1950, Mills College granted her an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. [5] [6]
Cassidy began teaching physical education courses at her alma mater, Mills College, immediately after graduating. She was also an assistant to the college's president, Aurelia Henry Reinhardt. She became head of the physical education department in 1923, [7] [8] and convenor of the School of Education and Community Services. [5] [9] Following in her mentor Elizabeth Rheem Stoner's footsteps, she promoted modern dance at Mills; she recruited Hanya Holm, Tina Flade, and Marian van Tuyl to teach at Mills in the 1930s, and she directed summer arts programs for dancers, writers, musicians, and visual artists. [10]
Cassidy became a professor at UCLA in 1947. There, she taught physical education courses, and guided the merging of the men's and women's physical education programs into one department of kinesiology, the name she preferred for her field. [11] She retired from UCLA in 1962. [5] She gave an oral history interview to UCLA in 1967. [1]
Cassidy was president of the American Academy of Physical Education, the Alumnae Association of Mills College, [12] and of the National Association of Directors of Physical Education for College Women, among other leadership roles. [7] [13] She served on national boards of the National Camping Association, the Girl Scouts of the United States, [14] and the National Education Association. [9] She spoke to community groups and academic gatherings on physical education and girls' fitness. [15] [16] [17] [18]
Cassidy received the Luther Halsey Gulick Award from the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation in 1956. She received the Clark W. Hetherington Award from the American Academy of Physical Education in 1966. The National Society of Physical Education for College Women named her the Amy Morris Homans Lecturer in 1970. [5]
Cassidy died in 1980, at the age of 85, at a retirement home in Montecito, California. [5] [9]
Rosalind Cassidy | |
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Born | Rosalind Frances Cassidy July 17, 1895
Quincy, Illinois, United States |
Died | November 4, 1980 (85 years)
Montecito, California, United States |
Occupation(s) | Physical educator, college professor |
Rosalind Frances Cassidy (July 17, 1895 – November 4, 1980) was an American physical educator. She was a professor and chair of the physical education department at Mills College from 1918 to 1947, and on the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1947 to 1962.
Cassidy was born in Quincy, Illinois, the daughter of John Warren Cassidy and Margaret Ashbrook Cassidy. Her father ran a successful plant nursery. Her parents divorced in 1905. [1] She attended schools in Colorado Springs, Oakland, [2] and Tacoma, and graduated from Mills College in 1918, as a student of Elizabeth Rheem Stoner. She earned a master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1923, and an Ed.D. in 1937. [3] [4] She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1950, Mills College granted her an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. [5] [6]
Cassidy began teaching physical education courses at her alma mater, Mills College, immediately after graduating. She was also an assistant to the college's president, Aurelia Henry Reinhardt. She became head of the physical education department in 1923, [7] [8] and convenor of the School of Education and Community Services. [5] [9] Following in her mentor Elizabeth Rheem Stoner's footsteps, she promoted modern dance at Mills; she recruited Hanya Holm, Tina Flade, and Marian van Tuyl to teach at Mills in the 1930s, and she directed summer arts programs for dancers, writers, musicians, and visual artists. [10]
Cassidy became a professor at UCLA in 1947. There, she taught physical education courses, and guided the merging of the men's and women's physical education programs into one department of kinesiology, the name she preferred for her field. [11] She retired from UCLA in 1962. [5] She gave an oral history interview to UCLA in 1967. [1]
Cassidy was president of the American Academy of Physical Education, the Alumnae Association of Mills College, [12] and of the National Association of Directors of Physical Education for College Women, among other leadership roles. [7] [13] She served on national boards of the National Camping Association, the Girl Scouts of the United States, [14] and the National Education Association. [9] She spoke to community groups and academic gatherings on physical education and girls' fitness. [15] [16] [17] [18]
Cassidy received the Luther Halsey Gulick Award from the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation in 1956. She received the Clark W. Hetherington Award from the American Academy of Physical Education in 1966. The National Society of Physical Education for College Women named her the Amy Morris Homans Lecturer in 1970. [5]
Cassidy died in 1980, at the age of 85, at a retirement home in Montecito, California. [5] [9]