Isabel J. Beeler
June 30, 1999
Isabel J. Beeler, 90, one of the founders of what is now the
Office of International Student Services, died June 21 in Kalamazoo.
Beeler, a faculty member in counselor education and counseling
psychology, advised international students for most of her 22-year
career at WMU. She retired in 1968. She earned bachelor's and
master's degrees at the University of Michigan and also was a
registered nurse.
She and her husband, Fred A. Beeler, emeritus in mathematics
and statistics, lived in Africa for four years while he conducted
research. She was an active volunteer there, working in clinics
and homes for infants. The couple brought back African artifacts
and gave many of them to the University.
Beeler established two scholarship funds at WMU. One, the
Isabel J. Beeler International Student Services Endowment, helps
international students. The other, in her husband's name, is
in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
She was three times a member of the Emeriti Council and was
a volunteer reader for blind students. Memorial contributions
may be made in her memory through the WMU Foundation.
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