Dean of Women, 1939

Dean of Women, Elsie Ford Piper pictured in the 1939 Cornhusker yearbook. Dean Piper took over the position for previous Dean of Women, Amanda Heppner when she resigned in 1938. Piper served as Dean of Women for only one year and then went back to her regular position as Assistant Dean of Women.

On her position as the new Dean of Women she said, "I consider it a privilege to work with our young women who are unusual in their ambition to maintain the highest scholastic standards and ideals, and who above all exhibit a cooperative and understanding spirit."