- Title Information
- Title
- Dorothy Ann Haus, class of 1964
- Title Information:
Alternative
(displayLabel="Pembroke title")
- Title
- Doroty Ann Haus Testa, class of 1964
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Haus, Dorothy Ann
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewee
- Name:
Personal
- Name Part
- Wade, Kimberly Sue
- Role
- Role Term:
Text (marcrelator)
- interviewer
- Type of Resource
- mixed material
- Origin Information
- Date Created
(keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
- 1988-05-11
- Language
- Language Term:
Code (ISO639-2B)
- eng
- Abstract
- Dorothy (Testa) Haus begins this extensive interview by talking about her life
before Pembroke, growing up as a "Pollyanna" in Brattleboro, VT. Haus discusses many different
aspects of life as a Pembroker--the rules and regulations; the gym requirement; dorm life;
dating; freshman orientation; formal dinners and demitasse; dress codes; penalties for missing
curfew; playing varsity sports; posture pictures; father-daughter weekends; May Day; Campus
Dance; and the Pembroke Brown merger. Some interesting memories include Helen Hayes speaking
at chapel; her close relationship with Dean Tonks, and bowling with Bessie Rudd. Haus
elaborates on her experience working for the Pembroke Record, her memories of JFKs death, the
changing relationships between the Brown and Pembroke students, and the birth control pill.
The interview extends into her marriage and later career working in the Admissions Office at
Brown; working for the Claremont Colleges in California and being a speechwriter for Governor
Ronald Reagan. At the time of the interview she looked forward to her daughter becoming a
third generation Brown woman graduate.
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="class year")
- 1964
- Note:
biographical/historical
(displayLabel="Biographical note")
- Dorothy [Testa] Haus
was born and raised in Brattleboro, Vermont. Her father was an uneducated millionaire, while
her mother was a Pembroke College graduate (class of 1922), It was expected that Haus and her
siblings would attend college. Haus decided on Pembroke after she saw the campus. She started
in the fall of 1958. Her father died during her freshman year. When her mother died during her
junior year, she moved back to Vermont to take care of her family, returning the following
year and graduating Spring 1964. During her hiatus, she met her husband, a PC graduate, and
they married in 1963 right before the start of her final semester. Dorothy worked in
Brown's Admission Office for a few years before she and her husband moved to California
for fourteen years where she worked for the Claremont Colleges in the Admissions Office and
the Political Science Department. While working in Claremont's Political Science Dept.
she had the opportunity of being a speechwriter for then Governor Ronald Reagan. She had one
daughter, moved back to the East Coast, and went back to work in the Admissions Office at
Brown University.
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- 1960s
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Academics and Coursework
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Administration
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Athletics
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Birth Control
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Clothing and Fashion
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Dating
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Dormitories
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Employment
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Family
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Fraternities
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Marriage
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Pembroke Record
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Pembroke Traditions
- Subject (Local)
- Topic
- Physical Education
- Genre (aat)
(authorityURI="http://vocab.getty.edy/aat/", valueURI="http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300202595")
- oral histories (literary works)