Vinnie B. Clark (1878–1971) was an educator and author who established and developed the Geography Department at the San Diego State University.
Vinnie B. Clark was born in 1878 in Mayville, Wisconsin, the daughter of Dr. Gilbert J. Clark and Mrs. Elva V. Martin.[1]
She graduated from the University of Wisconsin; she studied at Oshkosh State Normal School and University of Wisconsin, Madison.[2][1]
She was an educator and author.[1]
She moved to San Diego in 1914 and established and developed the Geography Department at the San Diego State University. She advocated the hiring of Alvena Storm.[2][1]
She traveled extensively.[1]
She is the author of Europe, a geographical reader (1925).[3][1]
She was the member of American Association of University Women, Daughters of the American Revolution, Amphion Club, Pacific Geographic Society, Pi Gamma Mu.[1]
She resigned in 1937.[2]
Vinnie B. Clark moved to California in 1914 and lived at New Palace Hotel, San Diego, California.[1]
She died in 1971.[2]
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