Elizabeth Adele Greenleaf: Having Some Fun Getting the Job Done

Abstract

Elizabeth Adele Greenleaf, professor and coordinator of College Student Personnel Administration at Indiana University, made significant contributions to the development of the student affairs profession through her leadership as an educator, administrator, and mentor.

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“…Lloyd-Jones was particularly concerned about the lack of female role models who could show other women how a "strong, able woman could build and direct her life for her own fulfillment and the benefit of others" (Smith, 1976, p. 479). Similarly, Hunter and Kuh (1989) revealed that Greenleaf was "keenly aware of her influence and responsibilities as a role model" (p. 325); the authors further revealed that through letters and telephone calls, she developed a women's network to "provide support to the ones who dared to go beyond the traditional stereotyped field of work for women" (p. 325). Greenleaf was motivated by her belief that "unless outstanding women educators .…”