Amity Pierce Buxton

Background

Buxton, Amity Pierce was born on February 20, 1929 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Alfred and Nancy Walsh Pierce.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University Teachers College, New York City, 1962.

Career

Seconary school teacher Grosse Pointe Public School, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1952—1954. Language arts instructor San Francisco State College, 1954—1956. Elementary school French teacher Bronxville, New York, 1956—1957.

Secondary school teacher Scarsdale High School, 1957—1958. Elementary school teacher St. David's School, New York City, 1957—1958. College assistant professor San Francisco State College University, 1966—1971.

Director Teachers Active Learning Center, 1969—1974. Adjunct faculty Mills College, Oakland, 1973, San Francisco State University, 1973—1974. Extenstion instructor University California, San Diego, 1974—1975.

Extension faculty California State University, Hayward, 1974—1980. Director Teachers' Center, Oakland, 1974—1986. Staff development coordinator Oakland Unified School District, 1980—1986.

Founder, mentor Straight Spouse Network, Mahwah, New Jersey, since 1991, executive director El Cerrito, Oakland, 2001—2007. Consultant Community Pre-School Program, San Francisco, 1964—1966. Classroom consultant San Francisco Unified School District, San Francisco, 1969—1974.

Staff development consultant Oakland Unified School District, 1972—1997, Denver Colorado Regional District Cluster, 1979. Presenter, professional conference National Council Teachers English, Columbus, Ohio, 1974—1978, Bisexuality Network, San Diego, 1992—2006. Consultant Exploratorium, San Francisco, 1974—1975.

Presenter, professional conference Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Washington, 1974—1979, Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, 1977—1986, Association Family and Conciliation Courts, Madison, Wisconsin, 1994—2010. Consultant Far West Laboratory Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, 1976—1980. Presenter, professional conference American Psychological Asn., 1994—2010.

Achievements

• Amity Pierce Buxton has been listed as a noteworthy social welfare administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board member United Way, San Francisco, 1959—1963. Member, project director Junior League San Francisco, since 1953. Board member Catholic Association Lesbian and Gay Ministry, Berkeley.

Parish council member St. John the Baptist Church, El Cerrito. Board member Family Equality Council, Boston, 1996—2002, 2010, Straight Spouse network. Member of American Psychological Association (presenter professional conference 1994—2007).

Interests

• Walking, painting, travel, theater, music, poetry.

Connections

Married Robert Steen Strand, June 27, 1991. Married John William Buxton, June 27, 1958 (divorced). Children: Pierce Alfred, Felicity Loring.

Father:

Alfred Pierce

Mother:

Nancy Walsh Pierce

Spouse:

John William Buxton

Spouse:

Robert Steen Strand

child:

Pierce Alfred Buxton

child:

Felicity Loring Buxton