Barbara Jean Garrison Atkeison

Background

Atkeison, Barbara Jean Garrison was born in Moscow, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Samuel Garrison and Mavis Marie (Hoskins) Jones.

Education

Bachelor in Business Administration/Accounting, Antioch College, 1982; Master of Science in Education Administration and Supervisor, U. Memphis, 1991.

Career

Chief accountant, Fayette County Public School Sys., Somerville, Tennessee, 1969-1976; business manager, Fayette County Public School Sys., Somerville, Tennessee, 1976-1986; cooperative education coordinator, college placement assistant director, State Technology Institute, Memphis, 1986-1990; assistant director business and industry and government training division, State Technology Institute, Memphis, 1990-1992; assistant director institutional devel, State Technology Institute, Memphis, 1992-1995; director institutional development and alumni affairs, State Technology Institute, Memphis, since 1992; assessor of property, Fayette County Government, Somerville. Chair National Council for Resource Development, federal funding task force committees, 1994-1995. Member State Technology Administrative Council, 1996.

Member state technical campus advising committee, 1992-1995, state technical facilities committee, 1995-1996, academic awards program committee, 1995-1996, state tech baldridge total quality assessment team, 1995.

Achievements

• Barbara Jean Garrison Atkeison has been listed as a noteworthy University administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past chair Fayette County Democratic Party, 1994-1995. Member National Society of Fund Raising Executives, Women in Higher Education Association, National Council for Resource Development Association.

Connections

Married Ernest Chevis Atkeison, September 29, 1956 (deceased January 1992). Children: Ernest Chevis Junior, Edwin Spencer.

Father:

Samuel Garrison Jones

Mother:

Mavis Marie (Hoskins) Jones

Spouse:

Ernest Chevis Atkeison

child:

Ernest Chevis Junior Atkeison

child:

Edwin Spencer Atkeison