Background
Blackwell, Anna Derby was born on August 12, 1932 in Honolulu. Daughter of Stephen Arthur and Dora (Cooke) Derby.
Blackwell, Anna Derby was born on August 12, 1932 in Honolulu. Daughter of Stephen Arthur and Dora (Cooke) Derby.
Student, Vassar College, 1952. Student, University Hawaii, 1953. Student, University Canterbury, New Zealand, 1985.
Bachelor, Hawaii Pacific University, 1991.
Writer/reporter, Waikiki Beach Press, Waihe'e, Hawaii., 1960-1964; public relations director, Young Women’s Christian Association of Oahu, Honolulu, 1966-1972; first executive director, Moanalua Gardens Foundation, Honolulu, 1972-1982; managing editor, Trade Public Company, Honolulu, 1987-1988; public relations and advertising coordinator, Chaney, Brooks and Company, Honolulu, 1988-1989; account manager, AdCorp International, Honolulu, 1989; consultant, ANNAgram, Honolulu, 1965-1992; consultant, ANNAgram, Seattle, since 1992; assistant manager, Cathedral Associations at St. Mark's, since 1992.
Choir member St. Andrew's Cathedral, Honolulu, since 1946. Founder Women's Fund of Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1989. Trustee, secretary Cooke Foundation, Ltd., Honolulu, since 1989.
Member Public Relations Society of America (accredited), Women in Communications Inc.
Married Charles Hoffman Bond, November 26, 1952 (divorced September 1970). Children: Caroline Bond Dvojacki, Suzi, Boyd Davis, Sarah Bond Langan, Elizabeth. Married Robert Douglas Howe, October 22, 1974 (deceased April 1981).
Married Jesse Eugene Blackwell, June 12, 1984.