Person:Luther Whittemore (3)

Luther was a professor at Washburn College, Topeka, KS. Married 14 July 1891.

Luther Denny Whittemore (1858-1944) was a Kansas educator for 50 years. He served from 1884-98 at Washburn University as professor of Latin. He was the assistant state superintendent of education 1911-19 and served as secretary of the Kansas State Board of Education 1915-19. In 1920, he returned to Washburn as registrar and professor of education until his retirement in 1937. He received a bachelor’s degree in 1880 and a master’s degree in 1885 from Amherst (Mass.) College. Washburn conferred an honorary doctor of literature on him in 1905.

His wife, Frances Dean Davis (1857-1951), was an assistant professor of art at Washburn. In 1913, she became director of the fine art department, retiring in 1929. She organized the Topeka Art Guild and was instrumental in establishing the Mulvane Art Museum, serving as director 1924-29. They had three children: Laurens, ba 1914, Martha, ba 1917, and Margaret, ba 1919.

1.   Biographical Record of the Alumni of Amherst College
   Volume 2, page 166 .