Mary Maples Dunn | |
|---|---|
| Acting President of Radcliffe College | |
| In office July 1999 – September 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Linda S. Wilson |
| 8th President of Smith College | |
| In office 1985–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Jill Ker Conway |
| Succeeded by | Ruth Simmons |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 6, 1931 Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | March 19, 2017 (aged 85)[1] Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Spouse | Richard Slator Dunn |
| Education | College of William & Mary (BS) Bryn Mawr College (MA, PhD) |
| Profession | Historian |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | A cause to plead: The political thought and career of William Penn from 1660 to 1701. (1959) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | |
Mary Maples Dunn (April 6, 1931 – March 19, 2017[1]) was an American historian. She served as the eighth president of Smith College for ten years beginning in 1985. Dunn was also the director of the Schlesinger Library from 1995 to 2000. She was acting president of Radcliffe College when it merged with Harvard University, and she became the acting dean of the newly created Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study after the merger.[2]
Dunn later became a Radcliffe Institute Fellow[3] and served as co-executive officer of the American Philosophical Society from 2002 to 2007.[4]
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