THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT

Jean B. Walton, Ph.D.

March 6, 1914 – July 5, 2006

“Students want to have more a voice in the operation of the college and in the planning of their own lives. They seek a greater range of choices in their educational and living patterns.” – Dr. Walton, April 1974

Educator and Academic. Served Pomona College as Dean of Women, Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Affairs. Helped to develop a new model of residential life and challenged students, faculty and administrators alike to recognize changing gender roles. Co-founder of the Intercollegiate Women’s Studies Program, served as its first coordinator from 1978 to 1983 and remained active in women’s studies long after her formal retirement in 1979.