Background
Sink, Alva Gordon was born in Rose Township, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Nathaniel J. and Ella M. (Highfield) Gordon.
Sink, Alva Gordon was born in Rose Township, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Nathaniel J. and Ella M. (Highfield) Gordon.
Student, Eastern Michigan University, 1914—1918. Bachelor of Arts Michigan, 1923.
Teacher, public schools, Rose Center, Michigan, 1914—1917, Hickory Ridge, 1917—1918, Holly, 1918—1919, Canfield Private School, Ann Arbor, 1919—1922.
Member Women's Republican Club, Ann Arbor. Director Washtenaw County Chapter American Red Cross, 1943—1948, 1953—1959. In charge First Aid and Accident Prevention, 1941—1961.
President Michigan House and Senate Club, 1929—1930, University Michigan Alumnae Club, 1931—1933, Sara Browne Smith Group Alumnae Club, 1957—1959, Women's Society Congressional Church, 1946—1948. Regent Sarah Caswell Angell Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1955—1957. Member of American Association of University Women, Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.), Henry P. Tappan Society, Ann Arbor Art Association, History Society Michigan, Ann Arbor Women's City Club, Garden Club, Art Study Club, Faculty Women Club, President's University Michigan Club (president emeritus 1975-1976), French Huguenots, Alumni Association University Michigan.
Married Charles A. Sink, June 18, 1923 (deceased).