- Laura Scales
Laura Woolsey Lord Scales (
November 13 ,1879 –June 12 ,1990 ) was an American educator and college dean. She served as "Dean of Students" atSmith College inMassachusetts for 22 years (1922–1944). [ [http://www.smith.edu/sao/reslife/houses/scales.php Smith College: Living at Smith] ]As Smith College "
warden ," Scales was in charge of housing students,chaperon ing on-campus activities, and arranging guest visits to the College. [ [http://saqonline.smith.edu/article.epl?issue_id=22&article_id=1832 Smith Alumnae Quarterly] ] In addition, Scales chaired the committee of social activities and was a member of the conference committee. Scales was extremely dedicated to improving the campus atmosphere for students, and was also "Dean of Women" atCarnegie Institute of Technology .Fact|date=December 2007In 1936, Smith College showed their appreciation for all that she had done for the school by naming one of the new dormitories the Laura Scales House. One of the quotes she used throughout her life was that "education was the backbone of living. It makes the world interesting."Fact|date=December 2007
Scales died in 1990 at the age of 110, one of the oldest people in the world at the time.
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Oldest people
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External links
* [http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/smitharchives/manosca88_main.html Laura Scales Papers, 1879–1990] , Smith College archives
* [http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/oldest.html The Oldest Human Beings]
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