Jean Caudle

Jean (Gorr) Caudle attended Oshkosh High School and then pursued a degree in education, completing her studies at UW Oshkosh (then Oshkosh State Teachers College) in 1934. She went on to earn a master’s degree at UW Madison and a doctorate at Boston University in 1955.

She returned to UW Oshkosh and taught in her alma mater’s College of Education and Human Services from 1946 to 1984. Her late husband, Frederick, also taught at the University. During her career, she represented her profession and her country at many international conferences and served as president of the Wisconsin State Reading Association. Jean received the Edward M. Penson Distinguished Teaching Award in 1982. She received the UW Oshkosh Chancellor’s Medallion as an emeritus faculty member in 1987. Jean passed away in 2012.

As a scholar, teacher, advisor, benefactor and volunteer, Jean made a tremendous impact on the University, the community of Oshkosh, the state, and the nation by sharing her energy, vitality, and dynamic spirit. Jean established the Jean I. Caudle Graduate Reading Scholarship in 2003 to support students in the graduate reading program.