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Katharine Stegner Odum

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Katharine Stegner Odum
Born1905
Died2005
Fort Collins, Colorado
Alma materColorado A&M
OccupationEducator

Katharine Stegner Odum (1905 - 2005) was an educator at Amache High School in the Amache Japanese American Internment Camp in Colorado.[1]

Biography

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Katharine Stegner Odum was born in 1905. She grew up on homesteads in Saskatchewan, Montana, and Dakota.[1]

She was widowed in 1934.[1]

She completed her Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Colorado A&M. She taught in Del Norte, Colorado and worked as a farm laborer.[1]

Odum was a master teacher and senior advisor at Amache High School. She was a counselor, archivist, mentor, and advocate for the students in her purview. She was remembered as a beloved teacher.[1][2] The success of many student activities was due to her efforts. She sponsored the senior class and Las Allegrias student organization.[3]

Her students held a reunion in 1993 to honor her, and more than 80 students and families attended.[1]

Odum moved to Fort Collins in 2002. Odum died in 2005.[1]

In 1998, she was honored by the Amache Historical Society's "Distinguished Service Award."[1]

In 2005, Odum was recognized by the Japanese American National Museum at its Annual Award Gala for her teaching.[2]

Odum was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2022.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Katharine Stegner Odum". Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.
  2. ^ a b Komai, Chris. "Former Camp Educators to be Recognized at Japanese American National Museum Gala Dinner Feb. 5". Japanese American National Museum.
  3. ^ Students of Amache High School (January 1944). "1944 Onlooker (Amache High School Yearbook)". Harold S. Jacoby Nisei Collection.
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