Background
Polson, Alma Irene was born on October 14, 1925 in Princeton, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Frank William and Ellen Christine (Eckstrom) Polson.
Polson, Alma Irene was born on October 14, 1925 in Princeton, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Frank William and Ellen Christine (Eckstrom) Polson.
AB, Augustana College, 1948; Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1954; postgraduate, U. Birmingham, England, 1951; postgraduate, Bread Loaf School English, Middlebury, Vermont, 1957; postgraduate, University of Illinois, 1956, 59; postgraduate, Elmhurst College, 1957; postgraduate, U. Nebraska, 1962; postgraduate, American Conservatory of Music, 1964-1965, 66-67; postgraduate, DePaul University, 1965-1966, 76, 78; postgraduate, Sherwood Music School, 1966, 67.
Teacher, United Township H.S., East Moline, Illinois, 1948-1953;
teacher, York Cmty. H.S., Elmhurst, Illinois, 1954-1958;
teacher, Springfield (Illinois) area H.S., 1959-1963;
teacher, Harvard (Illinois) Cmty. H.S., 1963-1964;
teacher, Chicago H.S., 1964-1976;
teacher, Maria H.S., Chicago, 1978-1979;
substitute teacher, Chicago H.S., since 1980.
Summer camp counselor, drama director, teacher, Illinois, Wisconsin, North Dakota, 1960, 64-68, 76. Lecturer Le Cercle Français de Chicago, 1981. Instructor Richard J. Daley College, Chicago, 1982, 94.
Member National Education Association, Illinois Education Association (district representative 1951), American Association of University Women, National League American Pen Women (treasurer Chicago branch 1984-1988), Poets and Patrons (treasurer 1980-1984), Chicago Sunday Evening Club Chorus, Apollo Museum Club, Oak Park Ski Club, Illini Ski Club, Elmhurst Ski Club, Nomad Ski Club, Delta Kappa Gamma (chapter president 1962-1963).