Catherine Church Wasson

Background

Wasson, Catherine Church was born on January 11, 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Eugene Conner Senior and Effie Mae (Harpole) Church.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Mississippi State University, Starkville, 1970; Master of Education, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi, 1980.

Career

Teacher, Mississippi Public Schools, Gulfport and Greenville, 1970-1980; curriculum coordinator, Leland (Mississippi) Public Schools, 1980-1985; director migrant education project, Center Delta Cooperative, Leland, 1983-1985; instructional coordinator, Greenville Public Schools, 1985-1989; program manager School Executive Management Institute, Mississippi Department Education, Jackson, 1989-1993; director Office of Professional Development, Mississippi Department Education, Jackson, since 1993. Consultant Anguilla (Mississippi) School District, 1983-1984. Local coordinator Program for Research and Evaluation in Public Schools, Leland, 1983-1985.

Trainer Mississippi Department Education, Jackson, 1987-1989, lead project director, since 1989.

Achievements

• Catherine Church Wasson has been listed as a noteworthy Educational administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Presbyterian Women, Greenville, 1978-1989, Washington School Parent-Teachers Association, Greenville, 1980-1989, Washington School Athletic Boosters, Greenville, 1980-1989, Greenville Education Foundation, Greenville, 1988-1989. Member Mississippi Association Supervision and Curriculum Development, American Association of University Women (commission on women, auction chair 1987-1989).

Interests

• Avocations: restoring old homes, antiques, reading, water skiing, traveling.

Connections

Married David George Wasson Senior, November 4, 1966. Children: David George Junior, Walter Eugene Harpole Wasson.

Father:

Eugene Conner Senior Church

Mother:

Effie Mae (Harpole) Church

Spouse:

David George Wasson Senior

child:

Walter Eugene Harpole Wasson

child:

David George Junior Wasson