Audrey Smith Gooch

Background

Gooch, Audrey Smith was born on July 7, 1925 in St. Louis. Daughter of James Irving and Mabel Dorthea (Higgins) Smith.

Education

Bachelor, Stowe Teachers College, 1947; Master of Arts in Tchg., Webster U., 1971.

Career

Elementary teacher, St. Louis Public Schools, 1947-1966; education director, Project Head Start, St. Louis, 1966-1969; project director, Project Head Start, St. Louis, 1969-1972; director, Right to Read, St. Louis, 1972-1974; director, Forest Park Community College, St. Louis, 1974-1979; coordinator, Family Support Superior vena cava syndrome, St. Louis, 1979-1984; director, Early Childhood Education Unit, St. Louis, 1984-1990. Adjunct faculty Harris Teachers College, St. Louis, 1972, Forest Park Community College, 1973. Advisory board Learning Tree Day Care Center, St. Louis, 1991-1997.

Cons.St. Louis Urban League, Right to Read National Office, Washington, 1974,Missouri Volunteer Accredition EOC, Jefferson City, 1989-1990.

Achievements

• Audrey Smith Gooch has been listed as a noteworthy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member collections committee Missouri History Museum, St. Louis. Member scholarship committee U. Missouri, St. Louis. Vice chairman Kirkwood (Missouri) Human Rights Commission.

Member Missouri Association for Education of Young Children (secretary), Gideon International Auxiliary (vice president 1993), Lullerso Junior Superior vena cava syndrome, Links Inc. (finance secretary 1994), Delta Sigma Theta.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, volunteering.

Connections

Married Robert Thomas Gooch. Children: Keith Ewing, Robert Kenneth.

Father:

James Irving Smith

Mother:

Mabel Dorthea (Higgins) Smith

Spouse:

Robert Thomas Gooch

child:

Keith Ewing Gooch

child:

Robert Kenneth Gooch