Background
Leaver, Betty Lou was born on February 16, 1950 in Rochester, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Herman Nathan and Mary Elizabeth (Germon) Ham.
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Leaver, Betty Lou was born on February 16, 1950 in Rochester, New Hampshire, United States. Daughter of Herman Nathan and Mary Elizabeth (Germon) Ham.
Bachelor, Pennsylvania State University, 1971. Master of Arts, Pennsylvania State University, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, Pushkin Institute, 1998.
Officer United States Army, 1974-1982. Teaching fellow University Pittsburgh, 1978-1982. Instructor Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) Community College, Monroeville, 1982-1983.
Language training supervisor Foreign Service Institute United States Department State, Arlington, Virginia, 1983-1989. Dean School Central European Languages Defense Language Institute, 1992-1993, dean School Slavic Languages Monterey, California, 1989-1992. President American Global Studies Institute, Salinas, since 1993.
Visiting professor Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1994, Bryn Mawr (Pennsylvania) College, 1995, 96, Monterey Institute International Studies, 1996, University Helsinki, 1989. Consultant Portland (Oregon) Public Schools, Accels and Uzbekistan Ministry of Justice, 1995-1997, ACCELS programs in Moldova, 1997, Center for Advancement of Language Learning, Washington, 1994, 95, public schools, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, since 1993, joint United States/Russian Space Agency projects, 1996, Soros Foundations, Belarus, 1993, Russia, 1993-1994, United States Information Agency (Embassy Tashkent Uzbekistan) 1997, Ukraine, 1994, Ohio State University, 1988-1991, 93, language training for astronauts and cosmonauts National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1998, numerous others. External evaluator Hot Line & White House Communicators, 1984-1989.
Interpreter in the United States and Russia. Member foreign language advisory committee Arlington County (Virginia) Public Schools, 1985-1988, chairman 1988. Founder consortia CIFLI Georgetown University, American Global Studies Institute, Columbia University, University of California at Los Angeles, Harvard University, Middlebury College, Bryn Mawr College, University Maryland, 1994-1995, United States Nval Academy, West Point, New York, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Defense Language Institute, Foreign Service Institute, United States Air Force Academy, others.
1st lieutenant United States Army, 1974-1978. Member American Association for Advancement of Slavic Studies (coordinator open house 1985 World Congress), American Council Teachers of Russian (board directors since 1988, editor newsletter 1987-1992), American Council Teaching Foreign Languages, Prunedale Grange, Professional Women's Network.
Married Carl Don Leaver, March 20, 1970. Children: Echo Elizabeth, Fawn Noelle, Shawn Thomas, Shenan Carl.