Mary C. Thompson

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Mary C. Thompson ( died April 5,2005, New york, New York)[1] was Dean of Damavand College in Tehran from 1969 until her retirement in 1978. Mary received an honorary doctor of humane letters from Muskingum[2] in 1973 and earned a master’s degree from Stetson University in 1954.


Biography

After working for the Pennsylvania State Relief, teaching, and attending what is now the New York Theological Seminary, Mary went to Egypt in 1939 as a missionary for the Presbyterian Church and became a teacher at the American Mission School in Tanta. She later became the school’s principal. Miss Mary Thompson, spent 25 years there and remained in Egypt throughout World War II, including the battle of El Alamein, and later lived in Cairo.[3]

The Year book of Damavand College 1975-76 adds; She developed educational programs in ten schools in Egypt; trained teachers in the Sudan; and prepared an educational survey of schools and colleges throughout northern India, Iran, and Lebanon, before coming to Damavand

In 1968 Mary became academic dean of Damavand College in Tehran - Iran, remaining there until her retirement in 1978. Returning to New York, she served on the board of trustees of New York Theological Seminary and was named trustee Emeriti. She also was an active session member of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.

Dean Thompson in the Damavand College Year books

In the Year book of 1974-75 of Damavand College she has been mentioned as; one of the most active people around Damavand College. She has been portrayed as an energetic and devoted to Damavand and her vigor had been an inspiration to students and faculty.

The Year book of 1975-76 of Damavand College reads; remarks her as a Royal service helped to produce an enviable reputation for this college of higher education for women in the Middle East.

The year Book of 1876- 77 of Damavand College - Tehran reads; Somewhere in the Dean’s office is stored an inexhaustible supply of patience , efficiency, and good humored time which faculty and students alike know they can call upon again.

The year book of 1977-78 of Damavand College - Tehran reads; There is no way to adequately state in this brief space the debt that we all owe to Dean Thompson for her decade of work in building Damavand College. Perhaps it will be enough to say that without her the dream of Dr. Francis M. Gray, founder and first president of this college, could have never been realized to the extent that it has. It is with the profoundest feeling of gratitude that we give her our thanks and best wishes for the future.

Death

She died in April 5,2005, New York, New York, and not much more is known about the date of her birth so far.


References

  1. ↑ MUSKINGUM - Magazine for Alumni and friends-volume 96
  2. ↑ http://www.muskingum.edu/home/alumni/downloads/06FallMag.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.muskingum.edu/home/alumni/downloads/06FallMag.pdf
  • CHARLES E. BREWSTER, Damavand College- Attempts a Breakthrough

New World Outlook- New Series Vol. XXXI No. 9, - Whole Series Vol. LXI No. 5- May, Editor, Arthur J. Moore, Jr.; Managing Editor, Charles E. Brewster, Planning and Coordination , Stanley J. Rowland, Jr.; Associate Editor, Ellen Clark, Art Director, Roger C. Sadler, 47 S Riverside Drive, New York, New York 1 0027, 1971

Source

  • Damavand College Year book 1974-75, p. 4
  • Damavand College Year book 1975-76, p. 7
  • Damavand College Year book 1976-77, p. 10
  • Damavand College Year book 1977-78, p. 3
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