A Nationally Recognized Clinician, Author and Pioneer
The impact Dr. Woolfolk made on OLLU and people around the world cannot be measured. OLLU is proud and grateful for her extraordinary service. Her life, from beginning to end, was truly Providential.
Perhaps no alumna in OLLU history has left a greater legacy of transformation. With no money, Dr. Woolfolk began the first speech and hearing program in South Texas in the basement of Providence Hall in 1955. She had one child receiving therapy. Three years later, 40 children were enrolled in therapy and 26 students were majoring in speech and hearing therapy. Later, Dr. Woolfolk secured a grant to build the Harry Jersig Speech-Language-Hearing Center. Since it opened in 1960, the Jersig Center has served thousands of clients for stuttering, voice, hearing loss and other disorders.
Gifts made to the Woolfolk Legacy Fund will continue her pioneering work.
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