Betty Royan Archives at Akron University
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Pugwash Collection at Akron University under Betty Royon has complete copies of Proceedings of the following Conferences: Second, Third, Fourth, International Pugwash Conference on Biological Chemical Warfare, Pugwash International Conference on Continuing Education, Seventh & Eighth & Ninth & Tenth & Eleventh & & Fifteenth & Sixteenth & Nineteenth & Twentieth Pugwash Conferences. There are multiple copies
Betty Royon was a woman ahead of her time, a pioneer for women in industry and an early organizing force in local historical preservation. She rose to prominence as the aide de camp of Cyrus Eaton, the internationally known Cleveland industrialist. Royon eventually became Vice President of Deep Cove Farms, Acadia Farm (Cyrus Eaton's Northfield, Ohio home for shorthorn cattle), staff assistant to the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company and Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of both the Portsmouth and Detroit Steel Corporations.
She was born in Cleveland and was a childhood friend and classmate of Cyrus Eaton's daughter. She completed her education with a master's degree in physics from Smith College in 1936. Cyrus Eaton had kept track of the young woman's rising career and hired her to work in his New York branch. She moved back to Cleveland, at Eaton's behest, to work as Eaton's top staff assistant. She moved to Hudson, Ohio in 1958 and lived there for the remainder of her life.
She traveled globally for Cyrus Eaton's Acadia Farms, eventually being elected the first woman director of the American Shorthorn Breeder's Association.
Locally, Betty Royon was known for her preservationist work in Hudson. Along with other notables such as Grace Goulder Izant, she was a tireless promoter of the historical significance of Hudson. She was a lifelong member of both the Hudson Library and Historical Society and the Hudson Heritage Association. She contributed to both organizations in various capacities, serving as the publicity director for the Hudson Heritage Association and president of the board of trustees for the Hudson Library and Historical Society.
She was born in Cleveland and was a childhood friend and classmate of Cyrus Eaton's daughter. She completed her education with a master's degree in physics from Smith College in 1936. Cyrus Eaton had kept track of the young woman's rising career and hired her to work in his New York branch. She moved back to Cleveland, at Eaton's behest, to work as Eaton's top staff assistant. She moved to Hudson, Ohio in 1958 and lived there for the remainder of her life.
She traveled globally for Cyrus Eaton's Acadia Farms, eventually being elected the first woman director of the American Shorthorn Breeder's Association.
Locally, Betty Royon was known for her preservationist work in Hudson. Along with other notables such as Grace Goulder Izant, she was a tireless promoter of the historical significance of Hudson. She was a lifelong member of both the Hudson Library and Historical Society and the Hudson Heritage Association. She contributed to both organizations in various capacities, serving as the publicity director for the Hudson Heritage Association and president of the board of trustees for the Hudson Library and Historical Society.
