Mary Ethel Creswell

[1] In 1918, Creswell was appointed the head of the newly created Division of Home Economics for the University.

[3] In 1933, UGA established the College of Family and Consumer Sciences and Creswell was named as the first dean and served in that position until her retirement in 1945.

[3] Creswell was a charter member of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society at UGA and its first female president, and she was the first female recipient of the Georgia Alumni Award for outstanding service to the University in 1949.

Creswell Hall, a dormitory that houses nearly a thousand students, is named in her honor.

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