Meribeth E. Cameron
Meribeth Elliott Cameron (May 22, 1905 in Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada – July 12, 1997 in Holyoke, Massachusetts)[1] was an American historian of China and academic who served as the 13th (Acting) President of Mount Holyoke College from 1968-1969.
Meribeth E. Cameron | |
|---|---|
| 13th President of Mount Holyoke College (Acting) | |
| In office 1968–1969 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Glenn Gettell |
| Succeeded by | David Truman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 22, 1905 Ingersoll, Ontario |
| Died | July 12, 1997 (aged 92) South Hadley, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | Stanford University Radcliffe College |
| Profession | Professor |
She was a professor of Chinese History at Mount Holyoke from 1948-1970. She served as Dean and briefly as Acting President in 1954 (during the period of President Ham) and 1966 (during the period of President Gettell).[2]
Academic training and career
Cameron graduated from Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California in 1921 and was awarded a B.A. from Stanford University in 1925 and an M.A. in 1926. While at Stanford she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and studied the history of East Asia. She took a M.A. degree in history at Radcliffe College in 1927, then returned to Stanford to finish her dissertation, "The Reform Movement in China, 1898-1912," for which she was awarded a Ph.D. in History and Political Science in 1928.[2]
She then taught at Reed College (1928-1934), Flora Stone Mather College of Western Reserve University (1934-1937). She was Dean of the College and Professor of history at Milwaukee-Downer College (1941-1948), and in 1948 Academic Dean and Professor of history at Mount Holyoke College, where she remained until she retired in 1970.[2]
During these years she was a productive historian of China. She was one of the founding editors of Far Eastern Quarterly (later called The Journal of Asian Studies), of which she was book review editor 1941-1951. She contributed to the basic reference for Qing dynasty history, Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1943). Among her journal articles and books were The Reform Movement in China, 1898-1912 and a co-authored book, China, Japan and the Powers.[2]
Selected works
- ——— (1926). The Shantung Negotiations at the Versailles, Washington, and Peking Conferences. History (Master's thesis). Stanford University.
- ——— (1931). The Reform Movement in China 1893-1912. Stanford, London: Stanford University Press.
- ——— (1950). The United States and Eastern Asia, a Study Guide. Washington: American Association of University Women.
- ——— (1952). China, Japan and the Powers. New York: Ronald Press.
References
- Peacock, Scot (2002-12-13). Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television. Gale. ISBN 9780787646004.
- Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections (2016), Meribeth Elliott Cameron Papers at Mount Holyoke College