Ada Comstock [SEP] cause of death
of trustees, working on a graduate center for Radcliffe, and traveling extensively in support of her husband's research.
Biography Marriage.
A week after her retirement from Radcliffe in 1943, Comstock married Yale professor emeritus Wallace Notestein. They had met in Minnesota decades before, but Comstock had focused on her academic career, as her father wished. Neither had married in the intervening years. Notestein died in 1969.
Biography Death and legacy.
Ada Comstock Notestein died of congestive heart failure at her home in New Haven,
Smith graduate, professor of English and dean of Smith from 1912–23, and president of Radcliffe College from 1923–43. Ada Comstock Notestein devoted much of her life to the academic excellence of women. Considering education and personal growth to be a lifelong process, she stayed actively involved in women’s higher education until her death at the age of 97.
Ada Comstock Scholars Program Graduate degrees and study options.
Smith offers men and women graduate work leading to the degrees of master of arts in teaching (elementary, middle or high school