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 Mildred
H. "Mimi" Greenwood
Women's Athletic Administrator
Hometown: Aldan, PA
High School: Lansdowne, PA
Mimi Greenwood joined the West Chester faculty in the
Health and Physical Education Department in 1965, teaching in the
elementary division, supervising student teachers and coaching
the third and fourth field hockey teams and varsity badminton squad.
She also served as the coach of the third and fourth women’s
basketball teams during the late 1960’s.
Greenwood’s athletic administrative career occurred at
an important time for women’s athletics. She was the second
advisor to the Women’s Intercollegiate Program (Women’s
Athletic Director), the first Director of Equal Opportunity in
Sport, and a charter member of the Philadelphia, Eastern and
National Associations for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
(AIAW). She was the voting representative for West Chester in
these organizations.
Greenwood was also the advisor to the WIAP when West Chester
hosted the first National Women’s Basketball Tournament,
the Regional Intercollegiate Swimming & Diving Championship
and the National Field Hockey Tournament.
She received her undergraduate degree from Wheaton College,
her master’s degree from Temple University and her elementary
and principal’s certificates from Villanova University
and Cheyney University.
Greenwood was the faculty Advisor for West Chester’s National
Championship Intercollegiate Boxing Team, which competed in regional
and national competition.
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