May L. Cheney

May L. Cheney (born 1862) organized a teacher placement office at the University of California, Berkeley and was the founder of the National Association of Appointment Secretaries (NAAS) now known as the American College Personnel Association.

“In choosing a permanent home we seek that place above all others which promises abundance of life, stimulus, interests that postpone as long as possible the inevitable apathy of old age. Where do we find this precious boon more abundantly than in Berkeley?”' May L. Cheney, Berkeley Reporter, December 1906^[1]

External links

• Cheney Hall, UC Berkeley
• Info About May L. Cheney
• 2241 College Avenue - Historic Structure Report detailed accounts regarding May L. Cheney's College Avenue home in Berkeley which was later acquired by UC Berkeley. Its uses after purchase are also included, as well as a history of May and her family

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