Mary Blagg Huey (January 19, 1922 – June 27, 2017) was an American educator. She served as president of

Texas Woman's University Texas Woman's University (TWU) is a Public research university, public coeducational research university in Denton, Texas, with two health science center-focused campuses in Dallas and Houston. While TWU has been fully co-educational since 1994, ...

from 1976 to 1986. She was born Mary Evelyn Blagg in Wills Point and was educated at North Texas High School, going on to earn a bachelor's degree in English and music and a master's degree in English literature from Texas State College for Women, a master's degree in public administration from the

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical ...

and a

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in political science from

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. From 1943 to 1945, she taught English at the Texas State College for Women. She was assistant director of the Bureau of Public Administration at the

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from 1946 to 1947. From 1947 to 1971, she was a member of the faculty of government at

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and, from 1971 to 1976, was dean of the graduate school at Texas Woman's University.

Life and legacy

She married Griffin B. Huey, a dentist; the couple had one son. She died on June 27, 2017, at the age of 95. In 1984, she was inducted into the

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. Huey also received the

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, the Otis Fowler Citizen of the Year Award and the Outstanding Women of Texas Award from the Texas division of the American Association of University Women.

References

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