Karen Tidmarsh, 63, of Haverford, a Bryn Mawr College graduate and professor of English who later served as dean of the women's college for 20 years, died Saturday, March 2, of end-stage carcinoid syndrome at home, reports Philly.com.
The obituary states:
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Dr. Tidmarsh devoted more than half of her life to Bryn Mawr, where she arrived in the 1960s to study English. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in English there in 1971, the article reads.
Mary Dunn, president emeritus of Smith College and a former dean and professor at Bryn Mawr, said: "Karen was unmatched in her ability to work with students. The troubled among them received from her the advice and help that was their salvation. The untroubled knew her as a solid supporter in their educational journeys."
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