Alma Hawkins.Alma Hawkins, 94, the nationally recognized modern dance educator who founded the dance department at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). at Los Angeles, died in Santa Monica, California For other uses, see Santa Monica (disambiguation). Santa Monica is a coastal city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is surrounded by the City of Los Angeles — Pacific Palisades and Brentwood on the north, , on January 8, 1998. A native of Rolla, Missouri, Dr. Hawkins received degrees from the University of Missouri and Teachers College, Columbia University Teachers College, Columbia University (sometimes referred to simply as Teachers College; also referred to as Teachers College of Columbia University or the Columbia University Graduate School of Education , where she became interested in modern dance, then studying it at Bennington College. She taught at Emporia State University Emporia State University (ESU) is a comprehensive Regents university serving residents of Eastern Kansas. ESU is located in the city of Emporia, in Lyon County. ESU is just east of the Flint Hills and within two hours drive of the three major metropolitan areas of Kansas: Wichita, in Kansas and George Williams College in Chicago before joining the dance program at U.C.L.A. She was the department chairwoman from 1953 until her retirement in 1977 and was a recent winner of the National Dance Association Heritage Award. |
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