Indiana University Memorials: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Ruth Kirkpatrick
BEREA - Ruth Elaine Kirkpatrick was born in Washington, D.C. on September 18, 1927, the only child of Ellis Lore Kirkpatrick Ph.D., and Grace Martfelt Kirkpatrick. Ruth graduated from Washington and Lee High School in Arlington, VA. She had a BS degree from the University of Wisconsin, a MS degree and Directorate degree from Indiana University. In 1947 she attended summer school at the University of Oslo, Norway. She studied Norwegian and Swedish at the Institute of Language at Georgetown...