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Ruth Houston

Class
Induction

1985
Sport(s)

Administrator

1917-1952

-Ruth Houston established the Department of Physical Education at State in 1917.

-Intercollegiate athletics had its start under the guidance of Ruth Houston.

-She was the first woman chair of a coed physical education department in the United States.

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