MARIANNE LOUISE KING
1880-1960
Marianne Louise King res born in Rome, New York, November
4, 1880, but moved at an early ag3 to Aurora where her
family become closely connectod with Wells College. She
studied at the Sargent School of Physicsl Education in
Boston, Massachusetts, under Dr. Dudley Sergent, and in
1906 came to Vassar as an assistant in the gymanasium. She
become an instructor in 1909 and was promoted to Assistant
Professor in 1921, serving as Acting Chairman of the Depart-
ment of Physical Education in 1924 during Miss Ballantine’s
leave.
During a semester leave in 1928-29 Miss King visited se-
looted schools and colleges to observe work in Body Mechanics,
her particular field of interest. In l946 she retired after
forty years of service. She died on January l5, 1960.
Generations of Vassar students will remember her for her
beautiful carriage, a wonderful example of practicing what
she preached. She was quiet and reserved but genuinely
interested in people, and those with whom she came in con-
tact were impressed with her modesty and unselfishness. She
gave generously of her time to many causes, but her greatest
contribution was in correctives, where she worked with in-
dividual students on exercises prescribed by their own doctors.
She was particularly interested in helping polio patients and
spastics.
Ste retired very happily to her old home in Aurora where
she was able to pursue her love of gardening and the outdoors
and to continue contacts with a college environment. She
never lost her interest in Vassar and delighted to see and
bear from old friends. Her warmth, her kindness and bar
cheerful spirit will be remembered by those who knew her.
Vera B. Thomson
Julia G. Bacon
Agnes R. Claflin
F. Elizabeth Rickey
XV - 245