1930s

Nan Snoke (B.S., ’35) died March 23. Snoke was a math teacher at Chatfield High School from 1939–41. Married to professor emeritus Martin Snoke, she was active in the University Faculty Wives Club.

1950s

Harold Bernstein (M.Ed., ’55) died Jan. 29. As a professional in the field of Jewish communal service, Bernstein served as executive director of several synagogues in Minneapolis and St. Paul. While in retirement, he worked for 15 years with the Minneapolis Jewish Federation.

1960s

Helen Green (B.S., ’67) a teacher for 40 years in Dakota County, died Feb. 10. In the 1920s Green started teaching at a one-room schoolhouse in Lakeville, Minn. In the late 1960s she was named teacher of the year at South Grove Elementary School. She was an avid gardener and maintained a garden with Minnesota wildflowers.

Marilyn Hinson (Ed.D., ’66) died Jan. 17 in Little Rock, Ark. Hinson was a professor at Texas Woman’s University where she served as dean of the College of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance from 1970 to 1992. Hinson co-authored several prominent textbooks on kinesiology and was elected to the Academy of Physical Education. In retirement, she enjoyed fly-fishing.

1970s

Kathleen Miller (B.S., ’74, elementary education) and Gregory Childs, current M.Ed. student, were awarded 2004 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Each received $10,000 from the National Science Foundation and participated in a week of professional development activities in Washington, D.C. Miller teaches math at Hoover Elementary School in Coon Rapids, Minn., and Childs is a science teacher at Galtier Magnet School in St. Paul.

Larry Yore (Ph.D., ’73) won the Outstanding Science Teacher of the Year Award from the international Association of Education Teachers in Science. He was honored for his work promoting the important role that language plays in science learning. Yore is a Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, B.C.