Thelma Traub, x-class of 1965

News clipping featuring two grayscale images of Thelma Traub. One shows her standing with the family of Reverend Donald Morgan, their baby crawling on the floor. The second image shows Thelma Traub sitting and smiling at the camera. The article is titled "Liberian Girl Prepares For Career in Research to Help Her Home Folks".
Article on Thelma Traub, x-class of 1965, Sunday Republican, October, 1961.

Thelma Traub, x-class of 1965, was the first student from Liberia and her education was funded by the African Scholarship Program of American Universities. While attending Mount Holyoke, Traub was secretary of the International Relations Club. She majored in chemistry and botany. Traub hoped to use the knowledge she gained to do meaningful work in her home country, informed by traditional medicine and native plants. Her family placed a high value on education since she was young, even taking in local children to allow them to have access to education. Traub helped care for these children and expected to do the same when she returned.