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Carol Hoffer Bassett
Caro Hoffer Bassett, who taught mathematics at Colby for 20 years, died February 5 in Waterville, Maine, at 63. Raised in South Dakota and Nebraska, she received her B.A. and M.A. in mathematics from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. She taught mathematics at a high school in Iowa, then taught at the University of South Dakota, Iowa State University, Kansas State University and the University of Kansas. Following her marriage to Charles Bassett in 1956, she moved to Philadelphia, then in 1969 moved to Waterville when her husband joined the Colby English Department. After raising two children, she resumed her teaching career as instructor and assistant professor of mathematics at the College. She retired in 1994 as an associate professor emrita. She also was president, vice president and secretary of the Colby chapter of Phi Beta Kappa for 10 years. She is survived by her husband, a son, a daughter, a sister and several nieces and nephews.
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