2012 Hall of Fame Inductee
Educator.
Were it not for Mathematics teacher Miss Stewart, Kansas might not have been able to boast of “native” son as President of the United States! Her T.H.S. class prophecy predicted that by 1925 she would have graduated from 16 Colleges! Actually, she was an alumnus of Washburn with a Master’s degree from Columbia. Beginning her Math career at Abilene H.S., one of her pupils was Dwight D. Eisenhower whom she tutored for his West Point entrance exam. Afterwards she taught for 40 years at Topeka High and then another three at KU and two at Washburn. Miss Stewart served as President of the Kansas Teachers of Mathematics Assn. in 1929 & 1930. (deceased)