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Born in Montgomery, Alabama on April 3, 1918, Mabel Murphy Smythe-Haith was the daughter of Josephine Dibble and Henry Saunders Murphy. She had two older sisters and a younger brother. Both her parents were college educated and actively involved in the world of education. Her father began his career teaching at what is now Langston University. He later moved to what is now Alabama State where he stayed for several years before he accepted a job with the Standard Life Insurance Company to organize and run their printing division. Her mother spent a year as the dean of women at Fort Valley State College in Atlanta, Georgia, before becoming a “university hostess” at Atlanta University where she also served as the president of Alumni Association for twenty-two years. Smythe-Haith enrolled in Spelman College when she was 15 but transferred to Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts to complete her bachelor's degree. [1] Two years after she received her bachelor's degree, she married Hugh H. Smythe. After her marriage, Smythe-Haith earned her master's degree from Northwestern University in 1940 and a doctoral degree in labor economics and law in 1942 from the University of Wisconsin. [2] Career [ edit ] She consulted for Encyclopaedia Britannica, was scholar-in-residence for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and was an executive in the Phelps Stokes Fund.May 29 Massimo Ambrosini, Italian soccer midfielder (Italy 35 caps, AC Milan), born in Pesaro, Italy

May 14 Robert Maynard Hutchins, American educational philosopher (University of Chicago), dies at 78 D'Amico, Francine (1996-01-01). "Review of Her Excellency: An Oral History of American Women Ambassadors". The Oral History Review. 23 (2): 104–107. doi: 10.1093/ohr/23.2.104. JSTOR 3675856.

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