Alcinda L. Morrow Biography

Birth Date:       August 10, 1843

Birth Place:      Jonesboro (a.k.a. Gas City), Indiana

Father:             Joseph Morrow (b. North Carolina)

Mother:           Mary Smith (b. Virgina)

Education:       Oswego Normal & Training School, NY (Graduated July 8, 1868)

Career/Teaching:

            1870-1876       Leavenworth Normal (Teacher Education) School, Kansas

1877-1880       University of Kansas (Professor of Normal Education and English)              

1882-1883       Winona Normal School (Winona State University, MN)

1884-1887       Rosario Normal School, Republic of Argentina

1888-1892       University of Kansas (Professor of Spanish and Ladies Dean)

1892-1896       University of New Mexico (Professor of Education, English , and Spanish)

            1897                Los Angeles High School

            1900                De Paul Industrial School, Los Angeles, CA (Founder of school for Latin-American girls; Acquired real property and funded buildings, including girl’s dormitory named Whitson Hall)

            1903-1907       University of Southern California[1], Los Angeles, CA (Professor of Spanish)

            1900-1910       Woman’s Home Missionary Society, Methodist Episcopal Church

Married:          Eli Mendenhall Whitson[2] (July 22, 1896; Winnebago, Illinois)

Died:                September 7, 1910; Los Angeles, CA

                        Burial:  Riverside Cemetery, Gas City, Indiana

[1]  Resigned from USC in 1907 and continued work with Home Missionary Society.

[2]  Mrs. Morrow appears to have moved to Los Angles in 1896 following her marriage, where she referred to herself as Alcinda Morrow Whitson.  In 1900 U.S. Census, Alcinda identified herself as “married-divorced” following Mr. Eli Whitson re-marriage in 1899.  Mr. Whitson died in 1905 at age 63.