Lewis & Clark College

Getty, Barbara (1956)

Barbara Getty was born in Portland, Oregon in 1934. Her father was a cabinet-maker and her mother was a dressmaker. She attended Grant High School until she began her time at Lewis & Clark in 1952. She commuted for three years before winning a grant in aid so she could live on campus her senior year. She began her time at Lewis & Clark majoring in Business but changed to Music her junior year due to her love for the piano and the organ. During her time at Lewis & Clark, Barbara sang in the choir, which she considers to be her most rewarding and memorable college experience. She was also in a sorority, a music organization, and was the treasurer of the Associated Women of Lewis & Clark. After college, Barbara worked at a bank and taught elementary school. She eventually returned to Lewis & Clark where she taught calligraphy. Calligraphy and Handwriting have been a large part of Barbara’s life. Barbara has published a book about handwriting and traveled the country hosting workshops on handwriting for medical professionals. These workshops even took her to Florence, Italy and Copenhagen, Denmark, where she gave a presentation for the World Health Organization. Barbara has traveled extensively. She taught 3rd grade in Ankra, Turkey for a year and has also taken various trips around Europe with her friends and family. Barbara speaks very positively of her professors at Lewis & Clark and believes that Lewis & Clark “made her a human."

Oral history interview of Lewis & Clark alumnus Barbara Getty, conducted by Marlena Williams on April 6, 2014. History Department, Spring Semester, 2014.

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