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Backus, Ann Swift Newell was born on September 23, 1941 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of C. Bradford and Elizabeth C. (Norlander) Newell.
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Ann Swift Newell Backus, American Education educator, consultant. Recipient grant Bean Foundation, 1985, grant Governor's Drug-Free Schools and Communities Fund, N.H. Department Education, 1993, grant Fund for Improvement Post-Secondary Education Drug Prevention, 1993-1995, grant Health and Human Superior vena cava syndrome Strengthening Communities, since 1994, grant N.H. Office of Refugee Resettlement, since 1994.
Education
AB, Mount Holyoke College, 1963; Master of Science, Antioch New England Graduate School, 1994.
Career
Research assistant, Eaton-Peabody Laboratory, Boston, 1963-1965;
administrative assistant, Kakuri Hospital, Kaduna, Nigeria, 1965-1966;
biology teacher, Milford High School, Milford, N.H., 1967-1969;
organist, teacher, Manchester, N.H., since 1969;
performing arts coordinator, N.H. State Commision on Arts, Concord, N.H., 1980-1983;
acting executive director, N.H. State Commision on Arts, 1982-1983;
director operations, Wolf Organisation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983-1984;
coordinator collaborative programs, N.H. College and University Council, Manchester, 1984-1993;
coordinator professional development, N.H. College and University Council, Manchester, 1987-1993;
educational consultant, since 1993;
member of faculty biology department, Keene (N.H.) State College, 1994. Visiting scholar Harvard School Public Health, 1993, visiting lecturer Occupl. Health Program, 1994.
Interim director International Institute Boston, Manchester, 1994-1995. Director Outreach Occupl. and Environmental Health, Harvard School Public Health, since 1994, lecturer occupational health program, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Founder Manchester Pro Musica, 1979. Volunteer coordinator Nixon for Governor N.H.,1974. Board directors N.H. Symphony Orchestra, 1977-1980, Manchester History Society;project director Fund for Improvement Post-secondary Education Drug Prevention Grant, 1989-1991.
Chairman, Board Of Directors N.H. Council for Humanities, Concord,1976-1977. President N.H. Council for Better Schools, 1979-1981, American Lung Association N.H., 1987-1989. Member committees Task Force on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome-N.H., 1990-1992, Chairman.edn. and prevention subcommittee, 1990-1993.
Board directors American Lung Association, N.H., since 1996. Co-founder N.H. Council for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Edition and Prevention, 1993. Co-founder N.H. Higher Education Alcohol and Other Drug Committee, 1995.
Member NSTA.
Connections
Married Robert A. Backus, June 28, 1964. Children: Gillian, Bradford.
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Political Party
Unitarian Universalist
Awards
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Recipient grant Bean Foundation, 1985, grant Governor's Drug-Free Schools and Communities Fund, N.H. Department Education, 1993, grant Fund for Improvement Post-Secondary Education Drug Prevention, 1993-1995, grant Health and Human Superior vena cava syndrome Strengthening Communities, since 1994, grant N.H. Office of Refugee Resettlement, since 1994.Recipient grant Bean Foundation, 1985, grant Governor's Drug-Free Schools and Communities Fund, N.H. Department Education, 1993, grant Fund for Improvement Post-Secondary Education Drug Prevention, 1993-1995, grant Health and Human Superior vena cava syndrome Strengthening Communities, since 1994, grant N.H. Office of Refugee Resettlement, since 1994.