Olga Marlin
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Olga Marlin (November 12, 1934 – January 5, 2025) was an American-born educator based in Kenya. She is the author of To Africa with a Dream and a founding member of Kianda School, Nairobi, Kenya, which started in 1961 as Kianda Secretarial College, and was the first multi-racial girls' school in East Africa.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Marlin was a member of the Strathmore University University Council.
Biography
Olga Emily Marlin was born in New York City on November 12, 1934,[1][2] and studied modern languages at Trinity College Dublin, from which she received her MA degree in 1956. She also held a H.Dip.Ed. from University College Dublin (1957).[3]
In 1960, she was sent by Saint Josemaria Escriva to Kenya, at a time when few African women had any access to a formal education, and in 1961 she began, together with other women, Kianda College, a secretarial college that was open to women of all races,[3][4] which in 1993 became part of Strathmore University.
The second edition of her book To Africa with a Dream, which describes her 50 years of work in Kenya and other African countries, was published in 2011 by Boissevain Books.[4]
In June 2011, she received a Litt.D. degree, honoris causa, from Strathmore University,[3] the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from the University.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Marlin died January 5, 2025, at the age of 90.[5]
Works
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References
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External links
- Kianda School
- Kianda Foundation
- Strathmore University
- John Tepper Marlin, "DR. OLGA MARLIN | D. Litt, Strathmore Univ., 2011", June 26, 2011, updated May 1, 2016.