Meribeth E. Cameron

Meribeth E. Cameron
14th 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(1997-07-12) (aged 92)
South Hadley, Massachusetts
Alma mater Stanford University
Radcliffe College
Profession Professor

Meribeth Elliott Cameron (May 22, 1905 Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada d. Holyoke, Massachusetts, July 12, 1997)[1] was an American historian of China and academic who served as the 14th (Acting) President of Mount Holyoke College from 1968-1969.

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]

Major works

  • ——— (1926). The Shantung Negotiations at the Versailles, Washington, an 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

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mount_Holyoke_College_Archives_and_Special_Collections (2016).

References

  • Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections (2016), Maribeth Elliott Cameron Papers at Mount Holyoke College



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