Ina Road is named for Ina Gittings, the Director of Women’s Physical Education at the University of Arizona for over thirty years. Ina Gittings died in 1966.
Ina pronounced her first name "EE-nah," but the road is pronounced "EYE-nah."
Sources:
Across the Dry Rillito, opens a new window. Thompson, Vicki. Tucson, Ariz.: Territorial Publishers, c1979.
"Ina road is named for Gittings, who was UA women’s PE director." Arizona Daily Star. August 21, 1996. Page E3.
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