Vaughnie Lindsay-Skinner, 1921-2015; Was Dean of Graduate School
Vaughnie Lindsay-Skinner died June 4. She was 94.
Lindsay-Skinner was born March 31, 1921, in Prague, Okla.
She was a professor in the SIUE School of Business from 1970-1973, during which time she received the School of Business Teaching Excellence Award.
Lindsay-Skinner then served as dean of the SIUE Graduate School from 1973-1986. After her retirement, Stephen Hansen, then SIUE Graduate School dean, honored her by establishing the annual Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award (endowed).
Prior to coming to SIUE, Lindsay-Skinner obtained her doctorate at Indiana University on a Danforth grant, taught at Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Okla., and was an associate professor at Oklahoma University.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 13 in the theater in The Gatesworth, 1 McKnight Road in St. Louis. Services are under the direction of Valhalla Cemetery & Funeral Chapel in St. Louis.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Cat Network or SIUE’s Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award.
A complete obituary is available in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.