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Mildred McAfee

  • [An educated person:] One who voluntarily does more thinking than is necessary for his own survival.

    • Mildred McAfee,
    • in The P.T.A. Magazine ()
  • If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a tiny one, but trust that it may be the largest one possible for now.

    • Mildred McAfee,
    • in Forbes ()

Mildred McAfee, U.S. academic, first director WAVES

(1900 - 1994)

Full name: Mildred Helen McAfee Horton.