Fayeben Williams Wolfe

Fayeben Williams Wolfe

2012 Hall of Fame Inductee

Faculty.

Mrs. Wolfe grew up in Smith Co., Kansas, graduating from Smith Center H.S. She briefly attended the Florida Art Academy but concluded her studies at Washburn and ultimately received a Master’s degree from the University of Kansas in 1947. Mrs. Wolfe taught in the Topeka Public Schools from 1935 to 1960 (after T.H.S. she taught art at Roosevelt Jr. High). She helped organize the State Federation of Art and developed the Art Department at the Kansas Free Fair, serving as its superintendent for 20 years. Among her students is Hall of Fame inductee L. Brent Kington for whom she assisted in obtaining a scholarship to a summer art program at KU. (dec.)