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Augsburg Now: Anne Pederson Women's Resource Center is dedicated
Anne Pederson Women's Resource Center is dedicated
Anne Pederson is fondly remembered as a teacher, scholar, friend, adviser, gardener, quilter and reader of poetry. At Augsburg, she is now formally remembered with the dedication of the new Women's Resource Center in her name on April 13.
After her graduation from Augsburg in 1932, Pederson began teaching English at the College. Over the next 40 years, she taught freshman English, Greek tragedies, Shakespeare and modern poetry.
It is through the generosity of Ruth A. Schmidt, Class of 1952, that the Anne Pederson Women's Resource Center will honor her former professor, mentor and friend. Schmidt has contributed $50,000 to establish the Center. After graduating from Augsburg, Schmidt went on to earn a doctorate in Spanish at the University of Illinois, Urbana. She taught at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia; served as dean of humanities at the State University of New York, Albany; and was provost at Wheaton College, Norton, Mass. She retired as president emerita of Agnes Scott College in 1996.
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