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MISS MATTIE L. HANSEE, A.M.

     dean of the Woman's College, and Professor of Ancient Languages in
Willamette University, is a native of Sullivan county, New York. Her father,
Jesse C. Hansee, now a resident of Ulster county, New York, is of English
descent. Her mother is a member of the Gillette family, of Connecticut, who were
among the early settlers of New England, and connected with Sir Francis Drake.
     Dean Hansee received her education in New York, and at the State University
of Indiana. Through Dr. D. S. Jordan, now president of Stanford University, she
was called to the University of Washington, located at Seattle, where she filled
the chair of Ancient Languages. She remained there three years. In 1888 she was
elected to the position in Willamette University, which she now occupies.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in June 2008 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.