E. May (Pat) Lindquist
2002 Inductee
Retired Elementary Teacher
Brookville, Kansas
Total years as a classroom teacher: 31 (an additional 23 years substitute teaching, homebound teaching, tutoring and mentoring)
"A teacher is someone who sees each child as a unique person, and encourages individual talents and strength by building up confidence and raising self-esteem in each one of them." - E. May (Pat) Lindquist
E. May (Pat) Lindquists' first teaching experience was at a one-room country schoolhouse, Yankee Run, in Ellsworth, Kansas in 1931.
Pat describes herself not as retired, but as "retreaded". After thirty-one years of classroom teaching she has given twenty-three years to substituting, homebound teaching, tutoring, and mentoring.
She believes the two biggest educational issues facing American education today are respect and apathy. If respect would be taught beginning in the home, it would carry to the schools, spill into the community, and the nation. The community as a whole, not just schools, must accept responsibility for the preparations of all students to succeed in life.
Pat is particularly known for keeping various 'road kill' in her freezer that she takes out and uses during lessons.
"Pat is one of the most looked up to and well-respected educational resources I know. Her 90+ years of life and educational experience make Pat an indispensable member of our community. Pat's most important characteristic is the phenomenal insight she has when working with youth."--Gregory W. Brockway, USD 307 Ell-Saline School Board President and friend
"Pat put up with my boundless energy and mischievous ways and I was successful, because she was patient, caring, enthusiastic and a problem solver that saw me, the problem, as an opportunity." --Brenda Wikoff, Supervisor and former student
"With respect, grace, and accemptance she gently gains an unspoken authority. Her inherent ability makes learning an adventurous springboard into life itself." --Fay Clements, former student and parent of students
Education
1928-31 1969-71 | Kansas State Teachers' College of Emporia, KS |
1933-34, 55-57, and 67 | Kansas State University |
1967 | Bethany College |
1967 | McPherson College |
1967 | University of Kansas |
1970 | Marymount College |
Teaching Experience
1978 - present | K-12, USD #307 Ell-Saline Schools Substitute and Tutor |
1960-61 | Elementary, USD #305 Salina Schools Substitute and Tutor |
1974-76 | Kindergarten, Happy Corner, Ell-Saline |
1961-74 | Primary, Brookville Grade School, Ell-Saline |
1958-60 | Grades 1-8, Humbarger Rural School, Salina, KS |
1956-58 | Grades 1-8, Mulberry Rural School, Ellsworth, KS |
1944-45 | Primary, Kirby-Smith School, Gainsville, FL |
1937-42 | Primary, Brookville Grade School, Brookville, KS |
1934-37 | Grades 1-8, Union 96 Rural School, Rice, KS |
1931-34 | Grades 1-8, Yankee Run Rural School, Ellsworth, KS |
Special Honors, Awards and Presentations
2003 | "The Pat Lindquist Library" named in honor of Mrs. Lindquist, Ell-Saline Public School |
2002 | Mid-America Education Hall of Fame |
2001 | Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame |
2001 | "Hatteberg's People" - Larry Hatteberg, KAKE Channel 10, Wichita, Kansas |
1999 | National Living Legacy, Conservation - Rebekah Assembly (sixty-three year member) |
1999 | National Award Conservation |
1997 | 1st Woman Member, Ell-Saline Lions Club, current President |
1990 | J.C. Penney "Golden Rule Award" |
1989 | Outstanding Service by Saline County Extension Service |
1989 | Grand Marshall for Saline County Tri-Rivers Fair Parade |
1988 | National Wildlife and Conservation - Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) |
1987 | Kansas School Volunteer Friend of Education in Public Education Task Force |
1987 | Outstanding Teacher Award for USD #307 |
1987 | Teacher of the Week - KSAL Radio Station |
1987 | National Exemplary Leadership - 4-H Youth Wildlife and Fisheries Program |
1987 | State Wildlife and Fisheries - Kansas 4-H Leader |
1973 - present | Saline County Fair Board Member - 1st woman member |