Wealthy Babcock


Year Inducted

1973

Career Field

Mathematics

Highlights

  • 1986:Honored by the KU Athletics Department as a leading fan for 70 years, never missing one basketball game until illness in her later years
  • Outstanding Mathematics Professor for over 40 years
  • Namesake of KU Mathematics Library, of which she was Librarian from 1934-1966
  • 1966: private ceremony for her Outstanding Service to the University
  • 1977: received Fred Ellsworth Medallion from the KU Alumni Association