Eugenie Maria Morenus

Morenus taught mathematics and Latin at a school in Watertown, New York and at Poughkeepsie High School after her master's degree.^[3] She was a Latin instructor at Sweet Briar College from 1909 to 1916, and was a mathematics professor at the same school from 1916 to 1946.^[7][8] She was head of the mathematics department for much of that time. While at the school she was prominent in campus events, as a chorister, photographer, and play director. Her horse, October or "Toby", was a familiar figure on campus, and Morenus would lead ten-day rides for students over spring breaks.^[9]

Morenus was a charter member of the Mathematical Association of America, belonged to the Virginia Academy of Science, and was active in the American Association of University Women (AAUW).^[3] She was active in the Order of the Eastern Star and the Daughters of the American Revolution.^[10] She received an Anna Brackett Fellowship by the AAUW in 1927, to study at Cambridge.^[11][12] After her retirement from Sweet Briar College in 1946, she taught briefly at Connecticut College for Women, and spent her winters in Florida.^[3]

Morenus died in Lake Wales, Florida in 1966, aged 85 years.^[13][14] There was a scholarship endowment fund named for Morenus at Sweet Briar College, beginning in 1960.^[3]