Carrie Sutherlin
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Born | April 4, 1884 Sutherlin, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | July 17, 1971 London, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 87)
Burial place | Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Virginia |
Education | State Teachers College of Virginia Peabody College for Teachers (B.S. 1919) Columbia University (M.A. 1926) |
Occupation(s) | College president and educator |
Employer(s) | Arlington Hall Junior College Chevy Chase Junior College |
Spouse | John McGill Montz (1964-1971) |
Carrie Sutherlin (born April 4, 1884 – July 17, 1971) was an American educator and college president. She was president of Arlington Hall Junior College and Chevy Chase Junior College.
Early life and education
[edit]Carrie Sutherlin was born on April 4, 1884, in Sutherlin, Halifax County, Virginia.[1][2][3] She was the daughter of Elizabeth "Betty" (née Peagler) and Christopher Thomas Sutherlin, a farmer.[4][5][6] She had two brothers and four sisters.[4][5] The family lived at their home, Willow Bond, in Sutherlin.[7]
She graduated from the State Teachers College of Virginia, now Longwood University.[8] While there, she was the secretary of The Cunningham Literary Society.[9] In June 1919, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Peabody College for Teachers, now Vanderbilt University.[10][11] She also took courses at the University of Chicago, Cornell University, and Vanderbilt University.[12]
She took a leave of absence from teaching in 1926 to attend Columbia University, receiving a Master of Arts degree in 1926.[13]
Career
[edit]Sutherlin began her career in education at the Miller Manual School in Crozet, Virginia.[14] In June 1905, she became a teaching assistant in the English Department of the State Teacher's College in Farmville, Virginia.[15] In the summers of 1910, she taught English and literature at the State Teacher's College [16] She also was a faculty member of the Covington State Summer School for Teachers in the summer of 1915.[17][18] She taught summer school at the Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1916.[19] She also taught at the State Teacher's College summer school in 1917, 1919, and 1920.[11][20][21] She also taught at Sullins College in Bristol, Virginia.[2][8]
In 1920, she left the State Teacher's College to teach in Dallas, Texas.[21] The next year, she was the head of the English department of Chatham Episcopal Institute (now Chatham Hall) in Chatham, Virginia.[12] In June 1922, she was appointed head of the English department of the Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute and College for Women, starting with the 1922–23 academic year.[12][22] In the fall of 1924, she was again a faculty member with the State Teacher's College in Farmville.[23] She took a leave of absence in 1926 to attend graduate school.[13] She returned to the college in the fall of 1926.[13]
In 1927, she became the academic dean of Arlington Hall Junior College.[8][24] In September 1933, she became the college's principal and was later its president.[8][25][24] She steered the college through the Great Depression, overseeing increases in student enrollment and the construction of new facilities.[8] In the fall of 1926, the college had the largest enrollment of students in its history.[26] Arlington Hall Junior College closed in 1942 when the Signal Intelligence Service took over its campus for the war effort.[2][8]
In July 1942, Sutherlin was appointed president of Chevy Chase Junior College.[2][3] By 1946, the junior college had achieved the highest enrollment in its history.[8] However, Sutherlin resigned from her position in 1947 and retired from academic administration.[8] She returned to the State Teacher's College as an assistant professor of English, teaching there until 1952.[8][27]
Professional affiliations
[edit]Sutherlin was a member of the National Association of Junior Colleges.[8] In May 1936, she was a delegate for the American Council of Education and attended a reception at the White House that was given by Eleanor Roosevelt.[28]
Personal life
[edit]In the summer of 1939, Sutherlin took a two-month cruise to South America, stopping in Argentina, the Bahamas, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Uruguay, and Venezuela.[29] She was also active with the YWCA.[14] She was the local treasurer of the Women's Missionary Society of the 11th Methodist Church of Gadsden, Alabama in 1925.[30] She was a member of the Prince Edward County Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, serving as its first vice director in 1959.[31]
After her retirement, Sutherlin continued to live in Farmville.[8] She was active in the Longwood College Alumnae Association, serving as chair of its Morrison Memorial Library committee.[32] On August 31, 1964, she married John McGill Montz in Lexington, Virginia.[33] They moved to Atlanta, Georgia and, later, to London, Ohio where he was a professor of civil engineering at Ohio State University.[34][35][36]
She died on July 17, 1971, at the Madison Elms Nursing Home in London, Ohio.[35][36] She was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Front Royal, Virginia.[35][36]
References
[edit]- ^ Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers, 1853-1911. via Ancestry.com
- ^ a b c d "Miss Carrie Sutherlin Accepts New Position". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Tennessee. 1942-07-07. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Miss Sutherlin Heads Chevy Chase Junior College". Evening Star. Washington, D.C. 1942-07-03. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Mrs. Irene Sutherlin Ferrell". Halifax Gazette. South Boston, Virginia. 1956-06-14. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "C. T. Sutherlin". News and Record. Greensboro, North Carolina. 1935-03-16. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Funeral Is Held". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1935-03-17. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Social Activities". The Bee. Danville, Virginia. 1928-08-14. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Sansbury, Gail; Swanson, Danielle. "Headmasters & Presidents, Page 3". Chevy Chase Historical Society. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ "Normal School. Enthusiastic Interest in Two New Literary Societies". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1903-11-29. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Peabody College Graduates Here Bishop T. F. Gailor". The Commercial Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee. 1919-06-11. p. 18. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Personals". The World-News. Roanoke, Virginia. 1919-06-17. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Head of English Department for A.T.I. and C. Named". Birmingham Post-Herald. 1922-06-18. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "900 Present, S. T. C. Opens". The News and Advance. Lynchburg, Virginia. 1926-09-26. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Y.W.C.A. Meeting". Clarke Courier. Berryville, Virginia. 1904-11-30. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Farmville Normal". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1905-06-11. p. 22. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Faculty for the Teachers' Summer School". Ledger-Star. Norfolk, Virginia. 1910-04-18. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Summer School at Covington". The Baltimore Sun. 1915-06-12. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "93 Teachers Enrolled; State Summer Normal School at Covington Has Opened". The News and Advance. Lynchburg, Virginia. 1915-06-25. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Farmville State Normal". The News and Advance. Lynchburg, Virginia. 1916-02-13. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Farmville Normal". The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia. 1917-04-29. p. 20. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Farmville State Normal". The Roanoke Times. 1920-06-13. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ "Virginian in Alabama State School". The Bee. Danville, Virginia. 1923-09-05. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Personals". The Bee. Danville, Virginia. 1924-09-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "New Principal; Arlington Hall Dean to Head Institution". Evening Star. Washington, D.C. 1933-09-24. p. 29. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Head of Arlington Hall". The Bee. Danville, Virginia. 1933-09-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Arlington Hall Enrollment High". Evening Star. Washington, D.C. 1936-09-20. p. 15. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Faculty Members at College Retire". The News and Advance. Lynchburg, Virginia. 1947-05-16. p. 14. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Virginians Attend Reception at White House". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. 1936-05-05. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Arlington Hall President Returns Tomorrow". Evening Star. Washington, D.C>. 1939-08-27. p. 40. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gadsden Alabama City Attalla". The Birmingham Post. 1925-11-06. p. 14. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ "APVA Branch Seeks Members; Dupuy is Director". The Farmville Herald. 1959-07-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Longwood College Alumnae Schedule Business Meet". Covington Virginian. 1953-03-17. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Certificate 964028225". Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014. via Ancestry.com
- ^ "Mrs. Barksdale Dies in Staunton Nurshing Home". The Danville Register. Danville, Virginia. 1969-07-22. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Mrs. Carrie Montz Dies at Age 87". The Bee. 1971-07-19. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
- ^ a b c "Mrs. Carrie S. Montz". Springfield News-Sun. Springfield, Ohio. 1971-07-18. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-01-15 – via Newspapers.com.
- 20th-century American academics
- American university and college faculty deans
- People from Halifax County, Virginia
- 20th-century Methodists
- Columbia University alumni
- Longwood University alumni
- Peabody College alumni
- Heads of universities and colleges
- Vanderbilt University faculty
- University of Montevallo faculty
- 1887 births
- 1971 deaths
- Longwood University faculty