Mary Jean Mulvaney joined UChicago in 1966 as the chair of the women’s physical education division. Ten years later, she became the country’s first women to lead a coeducational athletic department. She retired in 1990 as director of athletics. (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf1-10628, Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library)
Glory of womanly sports
UChicago women's athletics, by the numbers.
50
Years since the passage of Title IX, cosponsored by Rep. Patsy Mink, JD’51
124
Years since Gertrude Dudley was hired as the University’s director of physical culture for women
1976
Year Mary Jean Mulvaney ecame one of the country’s first women to lead a coeducational athletic department
.481
Rosalie Resch’s (AB’73) school-record softball batting average
48
Years Resch, who will retire in December, has served as a coach and administrator at UChicago
15
NCAA individual national championships won by UChicago women
6
UChicago women who have been named National Athlete of the Year
