Belle Boone Beard

Background

Beard, Belle Boone was born on February 18, 1898 in Boone Mill, Virginia, United States. Daughter of James William and Mary (Kleindienst) Beard.

Education

Student Averett College, Danville, Virginia.

Career

Teacher of public schools, Franklin County, Virginia, 1915-1918. Associate professor of sociology and acting head department of economics and sociology, Sweet Briar (Virginia) College, 1931-1934, professor of sociology and head of the department of sociology, 1934-1963. Chairman division of social studies, 1946-1949, head department of sociology, 1946-1963.

Director of county and city organization State Department of Public Welfare (on leave from Sweet Briar College), Richmond, Virginia 1938-1940.

Visiting professor sociology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1945-1946. Research professor New Mexico Highlands University, 1952-1953.

Fulbright lecturer to of Korea, Seoul, 1961. Chairman, Merit System Council, State Department of Public Welfare, 1940-1943.

Chairman Virginia Joint Merit System Council, 1943-1953.

President Virginia Conference of Social Work, 1936-1937. Member Executive Committee Virginia Welfare Council, 1935-1941. Vice president Virginia Interracial Commission, 1938-1941.

Director Virginia Council of Administrative Women in Education, 1938-1940, president 1940-1942.

Trustee Lynchburg College from 1933, vice president, 1941.

Achievements

• Belle Boone Beard has been listed as a noteworthy sociologist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Gerontological Society, American Sociological Society. Member International Association Gerontology, Societe Geriatric de Chile, American Probation Association, American Association Sociological Workers, National Conference Social Work, American Association of University Women, Southern Sociological Society (Executive Committee 1936-1940). Member Disciples of Christ Church.

Connections

Father:

James William Beard

Mother:

Mary (Kleindienst) Beard