Helen Danforth ’42

Helen Danforth ’42, an educator, volunteer, and writer, died July 29, 2010, in Mount Vernon, Iowa. She was 89.

Danforth graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in education, earned a master’s degree in education from Northwestern University, and taught throughout the Midwest as well as at schools in Germany. After retiring from the schools in Winnetka, Ill., she returned to Mount Vernon and taught and supervised student teachers at Cornell from 1979 to 1987. After that, she did the same for Mount Mercy and Coe colleges.

She was active in the community, especially with the League of Women Voters and the Mount Vernon United Methodist Church. She also published instructional material for elementary school students and their parents. A longtime supporter of the college, she won the Alumni Award of Merit (now the Leadership and Service Award) in 1987.

She is survived by many cousins.