Childhood in Towle and Berkeley; education, UC Berkeley and Columbia; jobs in school administration and journalism; Women's Reserve of Marine Corps, 1943-46; first director, Women's Marine Corps, 1946-53; dean of women, UC Berkeley, 1953-61; dean of students,
1961-65; free speech movement, 1964.
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Title
Katherine A. Towle: Administration and Leadership
Note
Towle, Katherine A. "Katherine A. Towle: Administration and Leadership." Interview by Harriet Nathan in 1967. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1970. Interview date(s) 1967
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