Josephine Young Case papers, A1339

The Colgate Scene described Josephine Young Case as "a poet, novelist, educator, and public servant." She was born in 1907 in Lexington, Massachusetts and attended New York City's Brearley School; Bryn Mawr College, where she majored in Greek; and Radcliffe College, where she earned an MA in American Literature. She was married to Everett Needham Case, Colgate University's president from 1942 to 1962, and was heavily involved in the Colgate community during those years.

She served on the boards of numerous organizations, including the Skidmore College Board of Trustees; Colgate University's Board of Trustees, where she was the first female trustee; RCA, where she was the first woman to serve on the board of directors; NBC; Girl Scouts USA; and Bryn Mawr College. She was interim President of Skidmore College from 1964-1965.

Her books included At Midnight on the 31st of March,Written in Sand, This Very Tree, and Owen D. Young and American Enterprise, a biography of her father written with her husband. She died in 1990.

"Josephine Young Case," Colgate Scene, March 1990, 35. "Josephine Young Case, Poet, Educator, dies" A1339, Josephine Young Case papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Colgate University Libraries.