Betty Ann Elza

Background

Elza, Betty Ann was born in Wymer, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Floyd and Gertrude (Snyder) Elza.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Clarion University, 1966. Master of Science In Library Science, Clarion University, 1971.

Summer Class, University Dundee, Scotland, 1969.

Career

Library, Brookville (Pennsylvania) Area School District, since 1966;

member steering committee for self study for evaluation, Brookville (Pennsylvania) Area School District, 1976-1977. Presenter workshop on parliamentary procedure Tall Tree Council Boardmanship Training, Clarion Holiday Inn, June 1991. Member task force Pennsylvania Guidelines for Media Programs, 1975-1976.

Chairperson joint review committee Pennsylvania Library. Master Plan Report, 1975. Visiting faculty Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 1972-1973.

Institute adviser U. Pittsburgh, 1976.

Achievements

• Betty Ann Elza has been listed as a noteworthy Librarian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Organizer parish library Immaculate Conception Church, Brookville, 1968-1969, member finance committee, since 1999, Organizer First Baptist Church Library, Brookville, 1976-1977. Member steering committee for strategic planning Brookville School District, 1994-1995. Member capital stewardship campaign Immaculate Conception, Brookville, 2002. Member Board of Trustees Summerville Public Library, 1997-2003. Member National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 1997 - present (Compiled lineage book of Clarion County chapter 2006, Compiled Revolutionary War Patriots Book, 2007, Authored fifteen other books; National Society Daughters American Colonists, Pennsylvania School Libraries Association (chair professional standards committee 1974-1976), Embroiderers' Guild of America (Nydill Chapter 1999 - 2004), Pennsylvania Association School Retirees, 1997- present, Member Jefferson County History Center, Life Member Clarion County History Society, Alpha Delta Kappa member for forty years.

Interests

• Avocations: crafts, reading, genealogy, and photography.

Connections

Father:

Floyd Elza

Mother:

Gertrude (Snyder) Elza