Evening star., 1945-06-17

During the World War, she came
to Washington from Elmira College
New York, to do her part in an i'm
portant clerical position with the
Ordnance Department and to con-
tinue her studies at George Wash
ington. In the back of her mind
as she majored in political science
and economics and obtained her
A. B. with distinction" was the
thought that she might become one
of this country's first woman career
diplomats. Instead, she married
DR.. Donaldson, her economics pro-
| fessor.
After her marriage, Mrs. DON
aldson continued for several years
in the Government service as ad-
ministrative chief of the Medical
Division of the United States En-
ployes' Compensation Commission
Holds Important Posts.
Today, she is serving as the first
woman director of inter-American
relations for the National Social
Science Honor Society, Pi Gamma
Mu, and is the first woman to be-
come member of the Board of Ed
itors of Social Science, it's educa-
tional quarterly. In this capacity
she has just edited Its important
current Universal Compulsory Mil
itary Training" number, which is
attracting wide and favorable at
tention among both Government
officials and scholars because of its
presentation of the pros and cons
concerning this topic now the sub
ject of congressional hearings.
Prior to this editorial service,
Mrs. Donaldson had collaborated
with her husband in editing four
special numbers of Social Science.
In the American number of
this quartely, she collaborated with
DR.. George Wythe, well-known
scholar in the field of Latin Amer
ican affairs, in the writing of an
article entitled. Present Develop
ments in Politico Economic Pan
Americanism" She also translated
Past and Present in Education
from the Spanish paper of DR.. Au-
gustin Nieto Cabellero, rector of the
University of Colombia, South
America.
Her Latin American interests also
have included membership on COM
mlttees OF the Pan American Union
and other organizations in the ex.
tending OF hospitality to visiting
groups from Latin America anc
broadcasting over short wave ir
Spanish to Latin America. She is
now serving as second vice presi.
dent of the Puerto Rico American
Women's League.
Service With AAUW.
In the American Association o1
University Women her service has
been a notable one as vice chair.
man and chairman of it's Interna
tional Relations Committee, and as
a leader in its program and educa
ton groups.
When the Donaldsons only son
John Charles Lockman Donaldson
now the commanding officer of the
1st Regiment of Washington High
School Cadets, was only years
old, he accompanied his mother
when she served as a delegate from
the United States to the "Oper
Door International Congress" hele
in Stockholm.
In the furtherance of better un.
derstanding between English-speak.
ing and Spanish peoples, Mrs. Don.
aldSon also has been teaching Span
ish to small groups as a volunteer
service, and as an appreciation OF
what similar teaching meant to hel
when she was pupil under Elsie
Brown, who is now the editor of the
Pan American Bulletin.
Mrs. Donaldson has not confined
her interests and activities to Latir
America. She was founder anc
first president of the Faculty Won.
ems Club of George Washington
University and has been active ir
the Columbian Women of the uni.
versity and in the alumnae grour
of Elnira College.
Now in her second year as presi
dent of the Parent Teachers Asso.