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Note: CATHERINE FILENE SHOUSE Catherine Filene Shouse was born in Boston, Massachusetts June 9, 1896. A graduate of Wheaton College, she was the first woman to receive a Master's Degree in Education from Harvard University.
She was devoted to the Performing Arts and was also a dynamic, visionary leader in Education, Politics, Women's Affairs and International Affairs.
Mrs. Shouse gave her life to public service and was internationally honored. President Gerald R. Ford bestowed upon her the highest United States' civilian award, The Presidential Medal of Freedom. Queen Elizabeth II made her a Dame Commander of the British Empire. She was the first woman to receive the German Federal Republic's Commander's Cross of Merit.
The Government of France named her "Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres".
Mrs. Shouse gave the United States Government its first and only National Park dedicated to the Performing Arts and related education programs. It is Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts in Virginia.
Mrs. Shouse lived most of her life in and around Washington, D C. She knew every president from Woodrow Wilson to William Jefferson Clinton.
She was active and involved to the end of her life. She died December 14, 1994 at the age of 981/2.
(text above taken from obituary)
1913 Graduated Bradford Academy (now Bradford College).
1915-1918 Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts B.A.
1917,18 As an undergraduate, organized Conferences at Wheaton College to study and promote jobs for women with more than a high school education.
1918-19 War service: Assistant to the Chief of Wonien's Division, U.S. Employment Service, U.S. Department of Labor.
1919-20 First woman appointed to the National Democratic Committee representing Massachusetts. Also, State Democratic Committee.
1920 Book, Careers for Women, published by Houghlon Mifflin Company.
1923 First woman to receive M.Ed. degree from, Harvard University.
1925 Founder (with Mrs. Borden Harriman) of Women's National Democratic Club.
1926 First woman appointed by President Coolidge as Chairman of the first Federal Prison for Women and instituted a job trainiing and rehabilitation program.
1929-45 Founded Institute of Women's Professional Relations and became its Chairman. Organized national conferences on opportunities for women with more than a high qchool education.
1932 Re-edited Careers for Women published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
1935-42 Organized first chamber music concerts performed in a Washington museum, The Phillips Collection.
1939-46 Imported dogs from Germany and Switzerland and started her own kennel at Wolf Trap Farm where she bred champions in three breeds. From 1930 to 1945 Mrs. Shouse bred and trained her own hunters and hunted with the Fairfax Hounds.
1949-56 Organized General Clay Fund (1949) to heIp U S. Army's Assistance Program for German Youth. (See "Citations.")
1947-84 Trustee, Filene Foundation (Boston).
1949-69 Elected to Board of National Symphony Orchestra Association. Vice President 1951-1968.
1968-84 Honorary Vice President, National Symphony Orchestra Association.
1952-63 Board, National Arbitration Association.
1955-84 Board, Lincoln Filene Center of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Tufts University.
1956 At request of former President Hoover, organized Washington Hungarian Relief Fund and raised a half-million dollars within a month.
1957-63 Appointed by President Eisenhower as Chairman, President's Music Committee, People-to People Program.
1958-80 Appointed by President Eisenhower to first Board of Trustees of the National Cultural Center. Reappointed in 1962 and in 1970 (by President Nixon) for 10-year term. Name changed to John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Also on its Executive and Building Committees.
1980-84 Honorary Trustee, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
1961 Donated 40 acres of land at her Wolf Trap Farm, Vienna, Virginia, for the headquarters of the American Symphony Orchestra League.
1964 Organization Committee for the Fomulation of the Fairfax County Cultural Association.
1965-72 Board, Opera Society of Washington.
1966 Gave 100 acres of her Vienna farm to the U S. Government for a National Park for the Performing Arts and donated the amphitheater, Filene Center. This was accepted by Act of Congress in October, 1966. The Department of the Interior was given responsibility for its operation under the National Park Service. Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts opened July 1, 1971, Mrs. Richard Nixon attending.
1968 Appointed by Governor Godwin to the first Virhginia Commission of the Arts and Humanities. Reappointed (1971) by Governor Linwood HoIton.
1969-84 Board, Wolf Trap Foundation. Chairman of Executive Committee 1975.
1973 Appointed by President Nixon to Pennsylvania Avenue Development Commission.
1975 Appointed to Board of Overseers, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Chairman 1981.
1975 Appointed by President Ford to the Commisiion on Presidential Scholars.
1976 Re-appointed to Board of Service League of Northern Virginia.
1981 Renovated and donated two early 18th century barns to Wolf Trap Foundation for a performing arts facility. "The Barns of Wolf Trap" were rebuilt on 26 acres of land adjacent to Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, Vienna, Virginia.
1982 Honorary Chairman, Committee for the Arts Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College.
1983-84 Honorary Director, Washington Chamber Orchestra.
1984-84 Advisory Board, The Washington Conservatory.
1985 First Honorary Member, Washington College Friends of the Arts Committee.
1987 Member, American Committee on the French Revolution 1789-1989.
1988 Wheaton College established the Filene Center for Work and Learning in her honor.
1991 Invited by Dean Ezra Laderman of the Yale school of Music to serve on its Board of Directors.
1991 Invited by Robert G. Stone, Jr., Chairman, to serve on the Harvard Overseers' Committee on University Resources.
1993 Dedication of the Catherine Filene Shouse Career Center at Hood College, Frederick, Maryland.
Schools:
Bradford Academy 1913
Vassar 1913-1914
Wheaton College, B.A. 1918
Harvard University Graduate School of Education, M.Ed. 1923
University of Colorado (Boulder) 1928
Degrees:
1918 B.A. Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts
1923 M.Ed. Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Honorary Degrees:
1963 Doctor of the Humanities, Tufts University
1964 Doctor of the Humanities, Wheaton College
1971 Doctor of Laws, The American University
1975 Doctor of Humanities, George Washington University
1975 Doctor of Humanities, Bucknell University
1975 Doctor of Music, The New England Conservatory of Music1977 Doctor of Humanities, Catholic University
1977 Doctor of the Humanities, College of Williiri and Mary
1979 Doctor of Humane Letters, Skidmore College
1979 Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Maryland
1981 Doctor of the Humanities, Hood College
1983 Doctor of Letters, Gonzaga University 1984 Doctor of Music, Shenandoah College & Conservatory of Music
1986 Doctor of Humane Letters, Marymount University
Decorations:
1949 City of Paris Award
1949 Vienna (Austria) Medal of Honor for Assistance to Austrian Youth
1954 U.S. Army Patriotic Civilian Award
1954 First woman to receive German Federal Republic's Commander's Cross of Merit.
1976 Named by Queen Elizabeth II, Dame Commander of the British Empire
1977 Awarded the "Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ford 1985 Named by Government of France, "Officier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres."
Citations and Honors:
1957 Fellow, The American University, Washington, DC.
1961 Bradford College citation for Outstanding Achievement and Service
1962 D.C. Education Association
1963 National Federation of Music Clubs Recognition Award
1965 Washington Board of Trade
1968 Gold Baton Award, American Symphony Orchestra League
1970 National Music Council
1971 Medal of Honor for Music, National Arts Club, New York City
1971 Honorary Park Superintendent, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
1972 Honorary Life Membership, Stage Employee's Union #22 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Motion Pictuire Operators of the U.S.A. and Canada. First woman to hold Gold Card.
1972 Honorary Lifetime Member, Joffrey Ballet
1972 Honorary Membership, American Women in Radio and Television
1972 Humanitarian Award, National Recreation aid Park Association
1973 Conservation Service Award, U.S. Department of the Interior
1973 Sigma Alpha Iota Citation
1973 National Federation of Music Clubs' Citation
1975 Recording Industry Association of America, Annual Award (First person outside Federal Government to receive award)
1975 Fairfax Citizen of the Year, Fairfax County Republican Committee
1975 Abraham Lincoln Award, American Hungarian Foundation - First woman Laureate.
1975 Fairfax Board of Supervisors Citation
1975 The Bay State Award, The Massachusetts State Society of Washington, D.C.
1975 The Distinguished Service Medal of The Cosmopolitan Club of Washington, D.C.
1976 The Annual Mortar Board Award
1977 The George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award
1978 S.PE.B.S.Q.S.A. Award for support of Instituteof Logopedics
1979 Luther H. Rice Award from George Washington University
1979 First Governor's Award for the Arts in Virginia
1980 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Service. Public Relations Society of America
1991 The National Brotherhood Citation of The National Conference of Christians and Jews
1981 Peer Eminent Laureate, Virginia Cultural Laurieate Center
1992 Women of Achievement Award. Fairfax County, Virginia
1982 Women of Achievement Award. WETA-FM, Washington, D.C.
1993 Thomas Alva Edison High Fidelity Award
1983 Sigma Alpha Iota Certificate of Distinguished Service
1983 Honorary Member, Arts Club of Washington
1984 WJLA-TV Award for Outstanding Community Service
1984 Honoree, Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce 2nd Annual Turkey Roast
1985 Woman of the Year, YWCA of the National Capital Area
1985 Catherine Filene Shouse Endowment established by Fairfax County Council of the Arts to be presented annually to a student of the performing arts
1985 Greater Washington Board of Trade "Presidential Golden Links Award"
1986 Toastmasters International Communication Achievement Award
1986American Spirit Award, U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service
1987 WGMS Bravo Award
1988 Certificate of Recognition from Commonwealth of Virginia in Recognition of Contribotions to the Arts and Humanities
1988 Jane Cooke Runyon Award, Bradford College
1991 Founders Award, Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
1991 Certificate of Recognition, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1991 Certificate of Recognition, Fairfax County,Virginia, Board of Supervisors
1992 Sarah Tucker Lifetime Achievement Award in Opera
1992 Women's International Center Living Legacy Award
1992 Daughters of American Revolution, CenteniaI Medal
1993 Honorary Citizen of Hungary
1993 Honorary Member of Alpha Delta Kappa, national education sorority
1994 American News Women's Club's Newsmaker-Newswriter of the Year
199 4National Medal of the Arts
1994 ISPAA Angel Award
Fraternities:
Sigma Alpha Iota(Honorary)
Clubs:
1925 F Street Club
American Newspaper Woman's Club
Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club
Naples Yacht Club
Homes:
1916 F Street, Washington, D.C. 20006
Plantation House, adjacent to Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, Vienna, Virginia 22182
"Granly," Oaklands, Easton, Maryland 21601
110 Fourth Avenue North, Naples, Florida 33940
(above information copied from the Wolf Trap Foundation)
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