Marry Rippon
Marry Rippon received a Honorary Ph.D from the University of Colorado on May 12th!!
See below for the stories leading up to this fantastic event.
 |
Michael Radelet, Dr. Rippon's great grandson, Eric Rieder and Boulder historian and Rippon biographer Silvia Pettem.
Sociology Department to Nominate Mary Rippon for an Honorary PhD.
During the Academic Year of 2005-06, the Sociology Department will be joining with others at CU and in the larger Boulder community to nominate one of CU's great foremothers, Mary Rippon, for an honorary Ph.D. Degree. For 31 years, Mary Rippon taught without any degree at all! Not even a bachelors. The effort to award Mary a degree was originally made in 1998, but it failed.
New!! Mary Rippon To Speak!!!
Professor Mary Rippon will be making a rare speaking appearance on Sunday, October 23, noon-5:00, at an event sponsored by Historic Boulder. She (and other dearly departed Boulder old-timers) will appear at Columbia Cemetery. Admission is $10 for adults and $5.00 for children; all funds go toward cemetery preservation. Then event is called "Meet the Spirits" and is an annual Halloween event.
For more information about Mary Rippon see:
- Clint Talbott: "No Sheepskin for CU Trailblazer," Boulder Daily Camera, Oct. 12, 2000. (PDF)
- Information on Mary Rippon (in place of a resume).
- Excerpts from nineteenth century letters of recommendation for Mary Rippon.
Letters of support for the honorary degree: (PDF format)
- Albert Bartlett (Oct. 8, 1998).
- Adrian Del Caro (Oct. 9, 1998).
- Kay Oltmans (Oct. 30, 1998).
- W.E. Briggs (Oct. 29, 1998).
Links
