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Ethel Percy Andrus (September 21, 1884 – July 13, 1967) was a long-time educator and the first female high school principal in California. She was also an elder rights activist and the founder of AARP in 1958.
AARP was founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus, a retired public school teacher and principal in California. Andrus had been an advocate for health insurance coverage for retired teachers. Volunteering with the California Retired Teachers Association (CRTA), Andrus sought out former teachers who were struggling on their $40/month state pensions.
One of the school's first teachers was Ethel Percy Andrus (1911 - 1915). In 1916 Dr. Andrus became California's first female high school principal at Lincoln High School in East Los Angeles. She later founded AARP. After three semesters in an abandoned grammar school building, Manual Arts High School was opened on Vermont Avenue.
Ethel Percy Andrus: 1918 Bachelor of Science Founded both the National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association of Retired Persons, both of which merged into what is now AARP. [14] [15] Ida M. Flynn: Master's degree in computer science American computer scientist, textbook author, and professor.
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Ethel Percy Andrus, principal 1917–1944, founder AARP, first female high school principal in California; Sam Balter (1909–1998), basketball player; Eddie Cano, Afro-Cuban jazz and Latin jazz pianist; Gaylord Carter, organist; Bobby Castillo, former Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins pitcher; Sal Castro, activist (faculty)
Ethel Percy Andrus – founder of AARP [24] David Hobman – creator of Age Concern England [25] Maggie Kuhn – founder of the Gray Panthers; Paul Kuniholm – elder rights artist; Gordon Lishman – creator of Age UK; Helen Levitov Sobell; John Swinburne – founder of the Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party; Valerie Taylor
The AARP was founded in 1958 by Ethel Percy Andrus (a retired educator from California) and Leonard Davis (later the founder of the Colonial Penn Group of insurance companies). [88] [89] Its stated mission is "to empower people to choose how they live as they age". [90]