Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney, 81, a retired university professor died June 22, 2001, in Manor Care Health Center, Springfield, Missouri, following a long illness.
Mary Rose was born in Springfield, Missouri on January 13, 1920, to C.B. and Helen Parker Sweeney. Young Mary Rose Sweeney spent her first three years in a large home on North Jefferson one block south of Commercial Street. When the family moved to New Haven, Conn.,she attended Orange Street Elementary School near Yale University which along with the nearby New Haven Public Library offered an eager young learner rich cultural opportunities. By the time she had completed elementary school the family had returned to Springfield where she attended Pipkin Junior High School and she graduated from Springfield Senior High School (now Central)in 1937. She then attended Drury for two years and Southwest Teachers College (STC) one year before moving with her family to Ashland, Kentucky. There she took a job with Ashland Oil and Refining Company. Later she returned to Southwest Missouri State to earn a bachelor's degree and to begin her 37 year teaching career. She taught English at Jarrett Junior High School before teaching English for two years at Drury College. In 1946 she joined the faculty at Southwest Missouri College as an instructor in English.
In 1948, Mary Rose Sweeney received a Master's Degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia, and in 1961, she earned her doctorate from the University of Kansas at Lawrence.
When Dr. Duane Meyer was Dean of Faculties at Southwest Missouri State College, Dr. Sweeney served from 1965 to 1970 as Assistant Dean of Facilities. She was the first woman to become an academic administrator of Southwest Missouri State. She continued teaching at Southwest Missouri State University through 1979 when she retired and resided briefly in California prior to returning home to Springfield.
Dr Sweeney served in leadership roles in many organizations both before and after her retirement from teaching. She was selected to serve on the Missouri Board for Higher Education, and she was active in the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, the Southwest Missouri Ecumenical Center, the Springfield Regional Opera, and the Multiple Sclerosis Society. A long time member of Springfield's First Congregational Church which was later named the First United Church of Christ. Dr. Sweeney served her church as moderator. After the dissolution of the congregation, Dr. Sweeney became an active member of the St. Paul Methodist Church. In 1983, Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney was recognized as by the Southwest Missouri University Alumni Association through an award of appreciation for her 37 year career of dedicated service in the teaching profession.
She is survived by thousands of former students amd a host of former colleagues in teaching.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home South.
Mary Rose was born in Springfield, Missouri on January 13, 1920, to C.B. and Helen Parker Sweeney. Young Mary Rose Sweeney spent her first three years in a large home on North Jefferson one block south of Commercial Street. When the family moved to New Haven, Conn.,she attended Orange Street Elementary School near Yale University which along with the nearby New Haven Public Library offered an eager young learner rich cultural opportunities. By the time she had completed elementary school the family had returned to Springfield where she attended Pipkin Junior High School and she graduated from Springfield Senior High School (now Central)in 1937. She then attended Drury for two years and Southwest Teachers College (STC) one year before moving with her family to Ashland, Kentucky. There she took a job with Ashland Oil and Refining Company. Later she returned to Southwest Missouri State to earn a bachelor's degree and to begin her 37 year teaching career. She taught English at Jarrett Junior High School before teaching English for two years at Drury College. In 1946 she joined the faculty at Southwest Missouri College as an instructor in English.
In 1948, Mary Rose Sweeney received a Master's Degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia, and in 1961, she earned her doctorate from the University of Kansas at Lawrence.
When Dr. Duane Meyer was Dean of Faculties at Southwest Missouri State College, Dr. Sweeney served from 1965 to 1970 as Assistant Dean of Facilities. She was the first woman to become an academic administrator of Southwest Missouri State. She continued teaching at Southwest Missouri State University through 1979 when she retired and resided briefly in California prior to returning home to Springfield.
Dr Sweeney served in leadership roles in many organizations both before and after her retirement from teaching. She was selected to serve on the Missouri Board for Higher Education, and she was active in the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, the Southwest Missouri Ecumenical Center, the Springfield Regional Opera, and the Multiple Sclerosis Society. A long time member of Springfield's First Congregational Church which was later named the First United Church of Christ. Dr. Sweeney served her church as moderator. After the dissolution of the congregation, Dr. Sweeney became an active member of the St. Paul Methodist Church. In 1983, Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney was recognized as by the Southwest Missouri University Alumni Association through an award of appreciation for her 37 year career of dedicated service in the teaching profession.
She is survived by thousands of former students amd a host of former colleagues in teaching.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home South.
Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney, 81, a retired university professor died June 22, 2001, in Manor Care Health Center, Springfield, Missouri, following a long illness.
Mary Rose was born in Springfield, Missouri on January 13, 1920, to C.B. and Helen Parker Sweeney. Young Mary Rose Sweeney spent her first three years in a large home on North Jefferson one block south of Commercial Street. When the family moved to New Haven, Conn.,she attended Orange Street Elementary School near Yale University which along with the nearby New Haven Public Library offered an eager young learner rich cultural opportunities. By the time she had completed elementary school the family had returned to Springfield where she attended Pipkin Junior High School and she graduated from Springfield Senior High School (now Central)in 1937. She then attended Drury for two years and Southwest Teachers College (STC) one year before moving with her family to Ashland, Kentucky. There she took a job with Ashland Oil and Refining Company. Later she returned to Southwest Missouri State to earn a bachelor's degree and to begin her 37 year teaching career. She taught English at Jarrett Junior High School before teaching English for two years at Drury College. In 1946 she joined the faculty at Southwest Missouri College as an instructor in English.
In 1948, Mary Rose Sweeney received a Master's Degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia, and in 1961, she earned her doctorate from the University of Kansas at Lawrence.
When Dr. Duane Meyer was Dean of Faculties at Southwest Missouri State College, Dr. Sweeney served from 1965 to 1970 as Assistant Dean of Facilities. She was the first woman to become an academic administrator of Southwest Missouri State. She continued teaching at Southwest Missouri State University through 1979 when she retired and resided briefly in California prior to returning home to Springfield.
Dr Sweeney served in leadership roles in many organizations both before and after her retirement from teaching. She was selected to serve on the Missouri Board for Higher Education, and she was active in the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, the Southwest Missouri Ecumenical Center, the Springfield Regional Opera, and the Multiple Sclerosis Society. A long time member of Springfield's First Congregational Church which was later named the First United Church of Christ. Dr. Sweeney served her church as moderator. After the dissolution of the congregation, Dr. Sweeney became an active member of the St. Paul Methodist Church. In 1983, Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney was recognized as by the Southwest Missouri University Alumni Association through an award of appreciation for her 37 year career of dedicated service in the teaching profession.
She is survived by thousands of former students amd a host of former colleagues in teaching.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home South.
Mary Rose was born in Springfield, Missouri on January 13, 1920, to C.B. and Helen Parker Sweeney. Young Mary Rose Sweeney spent her first three years in a large home on North Jefferson one block south of Commercial Street. When the family moved to New Haven, Conn.,she attended Orange Street Elementary School near Yale University which along with the nearby New Haven Public Library offered an eager young learner rich cultural opportunities. By the time she had completed elementary school the family had returned to Springfield where she attended Pipkin Junior High School and she graduated from Springfield Senior High School (now Central)in 1937. She then attended Drury for two years and Southwest Teachers College (STC) one year before moving with her family to Ashland, Kentucky. There she took a job with Ashland Oil and Refining Company. Later she returned to Southwest Missouri State to earn a bachelor's degree and to begin her 37 year teaching career. She taught English at Jarrett Junior High School before teaching English for two years at Drury College. In 1946 she joined the faculty at Southwest Missouri College as an instructor in English.
In 1948, Mary Rose Sweeney received a Master's Degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia, and in 1961, she earned her doctorate from the University of Kansas at Lawrence.
When Dr. Duane Meyer was Dean of Faculties at Southwest Missouri State College, Dr. Sweeney served from 1965 to 1970 as Assistant Dean of Facilities. She was the first woman to become an academic administrator of Southwest Missouri State. She continued teaching at Southwest Missouri State University through 1979 when she retired and resided briefly in California prior to returning home to Springfield.
Dr Sweeney served in leadership roles in many organizations both before and after her retirement from teaching. She was selected to serve on the Missouri Board for Higher Education, and she was active in the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, the Southwest Missouri Ecumenical Center, the Springfield Regional Opera, and the Multiple Sclerosis Society. A long time member of Springfield's First Congregational Church which was later named the First United Church of Christ. Dr. Sweeney served her church as moderator. After the dissolution of the congregation, Dr. Sweeney became an active member of the St. Paul Methodist Church. In 1983, Dr. Mary Rose Sweeney was recognized as by the Southwest Missouri University Alumni Association through an award of appreciation for her 37 year career of dedicated service in the teaching profession.
She is survived by thousands of former students amd a host of former colleagues in teaching.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home South.
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