Dr. Mary Frances Gates, retired professor of special education at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she taught for twenty-nine years, died Saturday, May 3, after a long illness.
She was born in two Rivers, daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Gates and attended schools in that city. For several years she taught in Manitowoc High School. She was granted a B.A. degree at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin; an M.A. at the University of Chicago; a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin. While at the University of Chicago, she did a study under a Rockefeller Foundation grant on animal behavior, a copy of which was later requested by N.A.S.A. She was also a clinical psychologist dealing with the rehabilitation of crippled children at the University of Chicago Clinics. For five years she was clinical psychologist at Rackham, Roosevelt and Lincoln Laboratory School in Ypsilanti. Dr. Gates inaugurated a community service program and for some years coordinated volunteer work at Ypsilanti State Hospital and later with other community projects such as nursing schools, Red Cross, and Girl Scouts. She was the author of numerous articles and scholarly handbooks and was listed in "Who's Who of American Women", "Dictionary of International Biography", "Leaders in American Education", and other.
A memorial service and burial will be held in Wisconsin.
Dr. Gates is survived by a sister, Doris Gates Trover of Sarasota, Fla., and three nephews, John Troyer of Minneapolis, Phil Troyer of Sarasota, Florida and Michael Troyer of Green Bay, Wis.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Sat., May 17, 1986 page 13
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[bur. 02-03-1987/age 81 yrs.]
Dr. Mary Frances Gates, retired professor of special education at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she taught for twenty-nine years, died Saturday, May 3, after a long illness.
She was born in two Rivers, daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Gates and attended schools in that city. For several years she taught in Manitowoc High School. She was granted a B.A. degree at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin; an M.A. at the University of Chicago; a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin. While at the University of Chicago, she did a study under a Rockefeller Foundation grant on animal behavior, a copy of which was later requested by N.A.S.A. She was also a clinical psychologist dealing with the rehabilitation of crippled children at the University of Chicago Clinics. For five years she was clinical psychologist at Rackham, Roosevelt and Lincoln Laboratory School in Ypsilanti. Dr. Gates inaugurated a community service program and for some years coordinated volunteer work at Ypsilanti State Hospital and later with other community projects such as nursing schools, Red Cross, and Girl Scouts. She was the author of numerous articles and scholarly handbooks and was listed in "Who's Who of American Women", "Dictionary of International Biography", "Leaders in American Education", and other.
A memorial service and burial will be held in Wisconsin.
Dr. Gates is survived by a sister, Doris Gates Trover of Sarasota, Fla., and three nephews, John Troyer of Minneapolis, Phil Troyer of Sarasota, Florida and Michael Troyer of Green Bay, Wis.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Sat., May 17, 1986 page 13
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[bur. 02-03-1987/age 81 yrs.]
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