Elizabeth Eckhardt May

Elizabeth Eckhardt May
An older white woman wearing a floral jacket, photographed in profile
Elizabeth Eckhardt May, from a 1966 publication
Born
Elizabeth Marie Eckhardt

(1899-02-18)February 18, 1899
DiedOctober 24, 1996(1996-10-24) (aged 97)
Alma materColumbia University
Trenton State Normal School
Occupation(s)Home economist, college dean
Employer(s)Hood College
University of Connecticut

Elizabeth Eckhardt May (February 18, 1899 – October 24, 1996) was an American home economist, educator, and college administrator. She was dean of the School of Home Economics at the University of Connecticut from 1952 to 1964, and before that academic dean of Hood College in Maryland. Her research and writing involved rehabilitation and work supports for disabled women.