Barbara Allen Bliss

Background

Bliss, Barbara Allen was born on January 14, 1919 in Providence. Daughter of Richard Day and Mary Payton (Cottrell) Allen.

Education

Bachelor, Brown University, 1940. Master of Science in Guidance and Counseling, University Wisconsin, 1973. Postgraduate, Orton-Gillingham Instruction, St. Paul, 1981.

Career

Teacher biology, Newton High School, Newtonville, Massachusetts, 1942-1944; interviewer, Daniel Starch & Staff, Pittsburgh, 1955-1958; substitute teacher, Middleton Schools, Madison, since 1959. Instructor Madison Area Technology College, since 1984. Teacher dyslexics; teacher, trainer Orton-Gillingham Instruction, since 1982.

Achievements

• Barbara Allen Bliss has been listed as a noteworthy Reading educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Understanding & using the Orton-Gillingham approach to the teaching of reading & spelling: Designed to accompany a workshop experience

Membership

Board directors Literacy Consortium Dane County, Madison, 1990. President Orton Dyslexia Society, Wisconsin, 1990-1993. Fellow Academy Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators.

Member Personnel and Guidance Association, Learning Disabilities Association.

Interests

• Violin, singing, hiking, tennis, bicycling.

Connections

Married Gordon Macdonald Bliss, June 6, 1942 (deceased May 1968). Children: Nancy, Janet, Donald, William.

Father:

Richard Day Allen

Mother:

Mary Payton (Cottrell) Allen

Spouse:

Gordon Macdonald Bliss

child:

Donald Bliss

child:

Nancy Bliss

child:

Janet Bliss

child:

William Bliss