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Helena "Pat" Hogan, class of 1930

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Year:: 1998
Contributor:: Hogan, Helena (interviewee); Anton, Barbara J. (interviewer)
Genre:: oral histories (literary works)
Subject:: 1930s; Academics; City Girls; Employment; Pembroke College Traditions; Pembroke-Brown Merger; Physical Education; Social Life

Abstract:: Helena "Pat" Hogan Shea was born in Ireland and was a student in 1928 when the Women's College became known as Pembroke College. She worked her way through school as a commuting student, or "city girl," who came to campus every day on the trolley. In her interview, Pat describes buildings on the Pembroke campus; her choice to major in Psychology; physical education; people she knew at Pembroke (Professor John Spaeth, who created Josiah Carberry, married her roommate); and elements of her family history. She also explores her life after Brown, describing her work in teaching, testing, and grant writing. As an alumna, Pat served as President of Pembroke Center Alumnae Association and worked on the Pembroke-Brown merger committee
Notes:: Class year: 1930; Biographical note: Helena "Pat" Hogan Shea was born in 1908 in County Clare, Ireland but grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. She attended Pembroke and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi with an AB in Psychology. She later earned her Master's in Psychology from Brown and worked as a clinical psychologist, performing psychological tests for governmental agencies and hospitals around the United States. She was a very active alumna, serving as President of the Pembroke College Alumnae Association and as a member of the Pembroke-Brown merger committee.

"Helena 'Pat' Hogan, class of 1930" (1998). Pembroke Center Oral History Collection. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:583338/

Pembroke Center Oral History Collection

This collection contains oral history interviews with alumnae of Brown University, which admitted its first women students in 1891. The Women's College at Brown was renamed Pembroke College in 1928, and in 1971, Pembroke College merged with the Men's College …
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