Pauline Reichardt Hoeltzel

Hoeltzel seated behind desk. On verso: Pg # 20, 21. Hoeltzel Miss PaulinePauline Reichardt Hoeltzel (1898-1971) was an educator, a civic leader, and historic preservationist. Her parents were part of Arkansas’s earliest German immigrant families. She was one of the first teachers when the Little Rock Junior College opened in 1927. She later became a professor at the newly formed University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR). She served as the 1942 President of the American Association of University Women. In 1950, she was appointed to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees, becoming the first woman to hold a position on the board. In 1953 she helped to found the Pulaski County Historical Society and went on to serve as its President. She retired from the University after 37 years of service