Campus Life in the 1940s

March 8, 2010

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- Can you imagine a time with no cars and no TUB on campus? A time in which sorority houses populated New Wilmington?

Over 60 years ago, Dorothy Pollock came to Westminster as a student where there was no student union and sorority living took you off campus.

The 1946 graduate currently lives right across the street from her alma mater in the Shenango on the Green complex. An active Westminster volunteer, Pollock received her honorary doctorate from the college for her service.

WCN 24/7's Scott Lawrence sat down with Pollock to discuss what college life was like in the 1940s.

Click the audio icon to listen to our conversation with Pollock about campus life when tuition cost only $125 per semester.


More about Dorothy Pollock:
Dorothy J. Pollock earned her bachelor's degree at Westminster College in 1946, and a master's from the University of Cincinnati. Westminster awarded her an honorary doctorate degree in 2004.

She was a senior research scientist at Mellon Institute of Industrial Research on the Candy Technology Fellowship for Fanny Farmer Company from 1947-1949, and on the United States Government Synthetic Rubber Fellowship from 1949-1956.

In 1956, she joined the Research and Development Division of Koppers Co., a subsidiary of Atlantic Richfield Co., until her retirement in 1981. Following her retirement, she worked as a consultant in polymer research for Standard Oil of Ohio.

Pollock, a native of McKeesport who now resides in New Wilmington, has remained actively involved at Westminster College serving on the Alumni Council and the Westminster Fund Board and volunteering for many College departments, committees, and events.

Pollock was elected a Board of Trustee member in 1982 and again in 1986. She received the Alumni Achievement award in 1977.

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