{"id":112,"date":"2011-02-01T18:38:19","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T18:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/?p=112"},"modified":"2011-12-09T02:27:39","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T02:27:39","slug":"photo-of-sue-jacobson-and-president-howell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/prehistory-of-coeducation\/photo-of-sue-jacobson-and-president-howell\/","title":{"rendered":"In Father&#8217;s Footsteps &#8211; Sue Jacobson and President Howell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Jacobson, Bowdoin\u2019s first college graduate, is pictured sitting next to President Dr. Roger Howell peering at her father\u2019s signature in Bowdoin\u2019s famous matriculation book (Document 18, GB).\u00a0 Jacobson, who recently passed away on October 4, 2011 graduated magna cum laude with a degree in English, then pursued a masters in library science at Simmons. She then worked at Yale and Youngstown State University as an acquisition librarian.<\/p>\n<p>Native of Portland, Jacobson attended Bowdoin through the Twelve College Exchange Program and eventually transferred to Bowdoin from Connecticut College.\u00a0 Along with her interest in the small but highly touted English department at Bowdoin, Jacobson also wanted to attend the same college her father enjoyed during his undergraduate years.\u00a0 The administration of Bowdoin allowed alumni\u2019s daughters a chance to attend Bowdoin helped the college transition to coeducation.\u00a0 Alumni would be in favor of coeducation because it was giving their daughters an opportunity to their alma mater.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobson&#8217;s signature proudly holds its place as one of the first female names in this matriculation book.\u00a0 The tradition of signing the matriculation book at Bowdoin still holds firm where students meet briefly with the President of Bowdoin before signing the famous book themselves.\u00a0 Students have a brief one on one conversation with the President and are then invited to sign the book to become a part of Bowdoin\u2019s history.\u00a0 The signing now takes place during orientation for freshman every fall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-494\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-494\" title=\"GB18 - In Father's Footsteps - Sue Jacobson and President Howell\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/12\/gb-18-suesan-jacobson-bowdoin.jpg\" alt=\"GB18 - In Father's Footsteps - Sue Jacobson and President Howell\" width=\"650\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/12\/gb-18-suesan-jacobson-bowdoin.jpg 650w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/forty-years-the-history-of-women-at-bowdoin\/files\/2011\/12\/gb-18-suesan-jacobson-bowdoin-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GB18 - In Father&#39;s Footsteps - Sue Jacobson and President Howell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Jacobson, Bowdoin\u2019s first college graduate, is pictured sitting next to President Dr. Roger Howell peering at her father\u2019s signature in Bowdoin\u2019s famous matriculation book (Document 18, GB).\u00a0 Jacobson, who recently passed away on October 4, 2011 graduated magna cum laude with a degree in English, then pursued a masters in library science at Simmons. 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