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5 unusual facts about Irene Hazard Gerlinger


Dallas, Oregon

Irene Hazard Gerlinger - first female Regent of the University of Oregon

George T. Gerlinger

George's wife, Irene Hazard Gerlinger, was the first woman on the University of Oregon's Board of Regents and an important fundraiser for the university, including for what was then known as the University of Oregon Museum of Art.

Irene Hazard Gerlinger

Irene Hazard married George T. Gerlinger at the end of her senior year of college on October 21, 1903.

She helped the University of Oregon secure the Women's Building (Gerlinger Hall), Prince Campbell Memorial Art Museum (Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art), women's dormitories and other buildings on campus.

In 1910 or 1911, she moved to Dallas, Oregon where her husband supervised the Willamette Valley Lumber Company.



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