(nonpartisan office): Born McFarland, Oct. 15, 1924; married. Educated McFarland and Madison schools; attended UW-Madison; Edgewood Coll.; S.S. UW-Platteville 1956; Mount Mary Coll. 1959; Univ. of Iowa 1960; M.S. UW-Madison 1959, Ph.D. 1969; honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Carroll Coll. 1974. Formerly educ. consultant, DPI; teacher; reading specialist; school psychometrist; school administrator. Mbr. Natl. Council of State Consultants in Elem. Educ, (pres.); Amer. Assn. for Supervision/Curriculum Devel.; Natl. Panel on Score Decline-SAT; U.S. Dept. of Educ. Adv. Coma. on Educ. Statistics; Amer. Assn, of School Admin. Resolutions Com. (chp.); Agency for Instructional Television (bd. of dir.); Council of Chief State School Officers; Coordination of Education Information Systems; Corp. for Public Broadcasting (adv.); Natl. Center for Research in Vocational Educ. Ohio State Univ. (faculty adv.); Natl. Adv. Corn. on Child Abuse and Neglect; NCATE Council; NEA; Assn. Childhood Education Interned.; Wis. Assn. School District Admin; Wis. Research in Educ. Assn.; PTA; WEA; Pi Lambda Theta, (natl. and state); Lioness Club, Recipient Distinguished Alumnus Award, UW-Platteville, 1974; Honorary State Farmer Award 1975; Woman of the Year, Natl.. Council of Admin. Women in Educ., 1974; 4-H Nat', Alumni, 1974; Natl. FFA Honorary Farmer Award, 1978; Concerned Educator far Arts 1978; Honorary mbr. Distributive Educ. Clubs of America 1978; recognized in Who's Who in America; and Who's Who of American Women. Elected state superintendent April 1973, 1977. Mbr, of Bd. of Regents of UW System; Bd. of Voc., Tech. and Adult Educ.; Educ, Communications Bd,; Higher Educ. Aids Bd.; Manpower Council; Education Comm of the States (Nominating Corn. chp.); Governor's Comn. on Traffic and Highway Safety; Wis. Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse. Mailing address: 125 S. Webster Street, Madison 53702, (Blue Book 1981-82)Learn More
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