Background
Otto, Bertha Marie was born on July 11, 1930 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Robert Lillard and Bertha Irene (Allen) Davis.
Otto, Bertha Marie was born on July 11, 1930 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Robert Lillard and Bertha Irene (Allen) Davis.
Student, Texas Christian U., 1947-1949; student, Hardin-Simmons U., summers 1947, 49, 54; Bachelor in Speech, Drama and Education, Sul-Ross State University, 1954; postgraduate, U. Wyoming, 1961; postgraduate, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1962; postgraduate, California State University, Northridge, 1964; Master of Arts, California State University, Long Beach, 1969; postgraduate, California State University, Long Beach, 1980-1982.
Teacher, high schools, Texas, Wyoming and California, 1956-1964;
teacher, counselor, Excelsior High School, Norwalk, California, 1964-1966;
counselor, Neff High School, La Mirada, California, 1966-1969;
psychologist, Huntington Beach (California) Union High School District, 1969-1974;
project manager, director pupil personnel, Huntington Beach (California) Union High School District, 1974-1980;
assistant superintendent, Huntington Beach (California) Union High School District, 1980-1984;
superintendent, Huntington Beach (California) Union High School District, 1984-1988;
superintendent emeritus, Huntington Beach (California) Union High School District, since 1988. Vice president Poole-Young-Koehler Associations, Inc., Long Beach, 1964-1979. Private practice marriage and family counselor, Fountain Valley, California, since 1970.
President Marie Otto Associations, Fountain Valley, since 1979. Supervisor student teachers Chapman University Orange, California, since 1988. Secretary-treasurer, Center for TeachingThinking, Huntington Beach, since 1991.
Member Fountain Valley Human Superior vena cava syndrome Committee, Huntington Beach Human Resources Commission, state planning committee Girl Scouts United States, Worland, Wyoming, 1959-1961. President Special Education Local Plan Organisation, 1983-1984. Board directors Humana Hosp.Huntington Beach, Golden West College Foundation, Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach Community Clinic, Orange County chapter American Red Cross, Santa Ana, California, No on Drugs, since 1988.
Secretary, treasurer Center for Teaching of Thinking, Huntington Beach, since 1992.
Married Robert Lee Otto, January 7, 1950. Children: Lois Ann Otto Buschmann, Barbara Jeane Otto Hunt, Robert Lee Junior.