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rowid	first_name	last_name	gender	career_sec	personal_sec	info	seed_first_name	seed_last_name	occupation
21	Fernanda	Bill	f	Hiss taught briefly at the Friends School in Baltimore. In 1918, Hiss started teaching at the University of Texas and served there 36 years until retirement in 1957. In 1918, her first role was to teach "physical training" to women. In 1921, she received promotion to director. In 1925, her four-year curriculum to train teachers in women's physical education received approval. By 1948, she had become a full professor. Harry Ransom had her designed professor emeritus upon her retirement. From 1921 to 1929, she founded sports clubs on campus, including swimming, dance, tennis, horseback riding, fencing, and archery. In the late 1920s, she secured funding for a women's gymnasium, built in 1931. During the 1930s, she administered a three-year course for physical training called "Freshman Fundamentals." She had tennis courts constructed and playing fields for field hockey, archery, golf, and volleyball. In 1923, she helped found the Texas Athletic Federation of College Women, which she directed for its first four years. Hiss co-founded the Delta Kappa Gamma, national teachers honor society.	Anna Hiss never married. Hiss continued her own higher education, earning a BS from Columbia University (1936) and conducting graduate studies at the University of Colorado, University of Wisconsin, Stanford University, Columbia University, Mills College, and abroad. In 1949, Boston University awarded her an honorary doctorate. She studiously avoided publicity during the criminal trials against her brother Alger Hiss. During his imprisonment, she was one of only seven people with whom he corresponded. She did not support intercollegiate sports. She petitioned to have the Speedway closed through campus. Anna Hiss died age 79 on January 28, 1972, at Long Green nursing home in Baltimore.	Bill taught briefly at the Friends School in Baltimore. In 1918, Bill started teaching at the University of Texas and served there 36 years until retirement in 1957. In 1918, her first role was to teach "physical training" to women. In 1921, she received promotion to director. In 1925, her four-year curriculum to train teachers in women's physical education received approval. By 1948, she had become a full professor. Harry Ransom had her designed professor emeritus upon her retirement. From 1921 to 1929, she founded sports clubs on campus, including swimming, dance, tennis, horseback riding, fencing, and archery. In the late 1920s, she secured funding for a women's gymnasium, built in 1931. During the 1930s, she administered a three-year course for physical training called "Freshman Fundamentals." She had tennis courts constructed and playing fields for field hockey, archery, golf, and volleyball. In 1923, she helped found the Texas Athletic Federation of College Women, which she directed for its first four years. Bill co-founded the Delta Kappa Gamma, national teachers honor society.Fernanda Bill never married. Bill continued her own higher education, earning a BS from Columbia University (1936) and conducting graduate studies at the University of Colorado, University of Wisconsin, Stanford University, Columbia University, Mills College, and abroad. In 1949, Boston University awarded her an honorary doctorate. She studiously avoided publicity during the criminal trials against her brother Alger Bill. During his imprisonment, she was one of only seven people with whom he corresponded. She did not support intercollegiate sports. She petitioned to have the Speedway closed through campus. Fernanda Bill died age 79 on January 28, 1972, at Long Green nursing home in Baltimore.	Anna	Hiss	sports