Fristoe, Macalyne
Person
Dates
- Existence: March 14, 1931 -
Biographical Information
Dr. Macalyne Fristoe is a professor emerita in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and served as the director for the speech clinic at Purdue University. She is best known for developing the Goldman-Fristoe Test for Articulation (GFTA) which is still used to assess an individual's pronunciation and diagnose speech disorders.
Macalyne Fristoe was born March 14, 1931 in Nashville, Tennessee. She earned her bachelor's (1953), master's (1960), and Ph.D. (1972) from Vanderbilt University. She raised two children during her career, James and Andrew.
Fristoe served as faculty at Vanderbilt University in the Departments of Psychology and Audiology and Speech and worked as a speech pathologist. She later became the director of the language intervention center and assistant professor at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
In 1969, Fristoe and her colleague Professor Ronald Goldman published the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation (GFTA) to examine a child's pronunciation and diagnose speech disorders.
In 1976, Fristoe joined Purdue University as the director of the speech clinic and a professor in the Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences. She later served as director of graduate programs and associate head of the department. Fristoe retired from Purdue University in 1996.
Dr. Macalyne Fristoe has earned prestigious awards throughout her career. In 1976, she earned the Women in Research Award from the Kennedy Institute at Johns Hopkins University and in 2016, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association awarded her the Honors of the Association Award at the ASHA annual convention in Philadelphia.
Macalyne Fristoe was born March 14, 1931 in Nashville, Tennessee. She earned her bachelor's (1953), master's (1960), and Ph.D. (1972) from Vanderbilt University. She raised two children during her career, James and Andrew.
Fristoe served as faculty at Vanderbilt University in the Departments of Psychology and Audiology and Speech and worked as a speech pathologist. She later became the director of the language intervention center and assistant professor at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
In 1969, Fristoe and her colleague Professor Ronald Goldman published the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation (GFTA) to examine a child's pronunciation and diagnose speech disorders.
In 1976, Fristoe joined Purdue University as the director of the speech clinic and a professor in the Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences. She later served as director of graduate programs and associate head of the department. Fristoe retired from Purdue University in 1996.
Dr. Macalyne Fristoe has earned prestigious awards throughout her career. In 1976, she earned the Women in Research Award from the Kennedy Institute at Johns Hopkins University and in 2016, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association awarded her the Honors of the Association Award at the ASHA annual convention in Philadelphia.
Citation
Klink, A. (2021). Macalyne Fristoe and Barbara Solomon, Articulation and Voice. 2023-13 Macalyne Watkins Fristoe papers collection file. Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, West Lafayette, IN.Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Macalyne Watkins Fristoe papers
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-013
Dates:
1950 - 2016