Katharine Cramer Angell was one of two named founders of the Culinary Institute of America.
Occupation
entrepreneur, founder
Citizenship
United States
Born
1890, July 23, 1890
Died
July 1983, July 22, 1983
Overview
Katharine Cramer Angell (July 23, 1890 – July 22, 1983) was one of two named founders of the Culinary Institute of America.
Early and personal life
Born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1890 to Bertha Hobart Cramer and Stuart Warren Cramer, an engineer and owner of mills, Katharine Cramer attended Queens College and Finch School.
She married merchant Paul Woodman in 1915, and had six children with him; he died in 1930. A wealthy widow, she married James Rowland Angell, President of Yale University, two years later. James died in 1949, 17 years after their marriage.
She chaired the Consumer Division of the State Defense Committee in World War II, and her eldest son, Edward, died near the end of the war. Angell channeled her grief into helping returning war veterans with employment skills.
