Esther H. StocksEsther Stocks was born in Massachusetts (probably Lowell) on January 21, 1902.1 She was the third child born to Henriette ("Etta") M. (Ramsdell) Stocks and Harry Stocks. Esther's siblings were Carl Winslow Stocks (1884-1959) and Violet (Stocks) Proctor (1885-1966). Esther never married.2 Esther Stocks was a graduate of Smith College in Massachusetts and received a master's degree from the Merrill-Palmer Institute of Child and Family Development, an interdisciplinary school founded in 1920 and now part of Wayne State University, which is dedicated to the improvement of family life and human development.3 Esther spent most of her professional career at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. From 1933 through 1964, she was Director of Placement in the College of Home Economics, which became the College of Human Ecology in 1969. Esther Stocks held the rank of Assistant Professor of Home Economics (1943-1947) and Associate Professor of Home Economics (1947-1954). In 1954, she became Professor Emerita in Home Economics. A sample of publications that were authored or co-authored by Esther Stocks includes:
Esther H. Stocks died in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, on September 3, 1988.8
1 Massachusetts Death Index (1970-2003), Department of Health Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 2005. |
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