Ruth Sawtell Wallis [SEP] date of birth
Ruth Sawtell Wallis
Ruth Sawtell Wallis (15 March 1895 – 21 January 1978) was an American academic and physical anthropologist.
Wallis was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Joseph Otis Sawtell and Grace Quimby. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1919 with a bachelor's degree in English. She then attended the school's graduate program in anthropology, traveling to Europe on a science fellowship to do research. She was the first to discover Azilian remains in France, uncovering two at Montardit, Ariège.
Upon her return
women's college for most of its history, and began accepting male students in the fall of 1972. At the time of its closing in May 1980, the college had approximately 400 full-time students, of which 25 were male.
History Notable faculty and alumni.
There are many notable faculty from Annhurst College including the anthropologist, Wilson D. Wallis and his wife Ruth Sawtell Wallis. One of its notable former students is the fugitive Victor Manuel Gerena.
Later use of the campus.
After Annhurst College closed