Celeste Ulrich
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Celeste Ulrich (August 24, 1924 – August 4, 2011) was an American educator and leader in the field of physical education.[1]
Ulrich was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1924, and attended Forest Park High School. Her lifelong friends included jewelry designer Betty Cooke[2] and physician Dr. Miriam Shamer Daly who described one of their adventures in her memoirs, Doctor Miriam.[3] She received a Bachelor of Science from Woman's College, now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, in 1946, and continued her education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, receiving a master's degree in 1947. She earned a PhD from the University of Southern California in 1956.[citation needed]
Career
Ulrich was a professor at Madison College, now James Madison University, from 1947 to 1956. She then returned to Woman's College and began teaching in the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. In 1979, Ulrich took a professorship at the University of Oregon, going on to serve as Dean of the College of Human Development and Performance until her retirement in 1990.[4]
She also coached women's basketball at Madison College.[5]
