Hazel Wilbraham '27

At Rochester:

• After graduating from the University in 1927, she immediately joined the faculty as a teacher of physical education and hygiene
• Member of the faculty for 30 years, working closely with Merle Spurrier
• Together, Spurrier and Wilbraham conceived of physical training not only as a means of maintaining curricular balance, but also a method of instilling confidence and learning enjoyment of sports that would carry over into the years after graduation
• Was affectionately known as "Gram" by generations of admiring women students
• Had a large part of devising (1931) and then in directing cooperative dormitories on the Prince Street Campus
• In 1955, a pool was opened in the Merle Spurrier Gymnasium—dedicated in her name in 1974
• When the new aquatic complex was constructed as part of the Zornow Sports Complex in the early 1980s, the pool was deciated as the Speegle-Wilbraham Aquatic complex to recognize 2 pioneers in physical education—Roman Speegle and Hazel Wilbraham
• Hazel passed away in 1957