Lou Halsell Rodenberger
| Lou Halsell Rodenberger | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 21, 1926 Eastland County, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 9, 2009 (aged 82) Callahan County, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation |
Author College professor |
| Spouse(s) | Charles A. Rodenberger (m. September 3, 1949–April 9, 2009; her death) |
| Children | Kathryn Sue Rodenberger Wilcox Charles Mark Rodenberger |
Molcie Lou Halsell Rodenberger (September 21, 1926 – April 9, 2009) was a Texas author, educator, professor, and journalist.
Molcie Lou Halsell was born in rural Eastland County, Texas in a small community named Okra.) to educators, Austin Carl Halsell (1899–1993) and the former Mabel Falls (1904–2000). She began high school in Cross Plains, Texas but graduated as valedictorian from Anson High School, Anson, Texas.
At age 16, she entered Texas Woman's University in Denton (then Texas State College for Women) and procured in 1943 a bachelor of science degree in journalism. She worked for the Kerrville Times, before she accepted an appointment in 1947 as an English and journalism teacher at Levelland High School. While in Levelland, she married Charles A. Rodenberger on September 3, 1949.
When Texas A&M University in College Station first admitted women, Rodenberger became one of its first women graduate students, having obtained both her Master of Arts and Ph.D., in English. She was honored as an outstanding graduate student teacher. In 1982, the Rodenbergers moved to Abilene, where she taught English at Cooper High School for two years, from 1982 through 1984. She then settled in Cross Plains and commuted to teach at Cisco Junior College in Cisco, the seat of her native Eastland County, and then for twelve years at Methodist-affiliated McMurry University in Abilene. She retired as professor emerita at McMurry and was honored twice as the outstanding faculty member there.
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