Catherine Crowe Dickman

Background

Dickman, Catherine Crowe was born on January 27, 1931 in Talladega, AL. Daughter of William and Catherine Elizabeth (Graeber) Crowe.

Education

AB with honor, Agnes Scott College, 1952; Master of Science, Cleveland State University College Urban Affairs, 1976.

Career

Public information officer, Cuyahoga County, Ohio., 1975-1977; director, Friends of Shaker Square, Cleveland, 1979-1981; research associate, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1984; president, Dickman Placement Superior vena cava syndrome, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1988-1991; director, The Women's Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1991-1996; retired.

Achievements

• Catherine Crowe Dickman has been listed as a noteworthy human services administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Field director Girl Scout county, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1952-1953. Director christian education St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, 1956-1957. Co-founder Fair Housing, Inc., 1966-1980.

Member Junior League of Cleve, Inc., since 1957, president 1966-1968, chair Association 12 Largest Junior Leagues, 1967-1968, Association Cmty. Agilysys, Chapel Hill, 1991-1996, board directors, 1995-1996. Chair nominatingcom., trustee The City Club of Cleveland, 1979-1982.

Trustee Health Museum and Education Center, 1957-1963, Karamu House, Cleveland, 1968-1970, Federation for Cmty. Planning, Cleveland, 1979-1982. Advising committee Health Profession Schools in Svc. to the Nation, Chapel Hill, since 1996.

Elder Fairmount Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, 1970-1973, University Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill, 1986-1989. Member National Organization for Women (Chapel Hill chapter), National Audubon Society, New Hope Audubon Society (board directors 1986-1988), Chapel Hill Preservation Society (vice president, trustee 1989-1990, secretary Executive Committee 1997).

Interests

• Avocations: bird watching, nature walks, writing.

Connections

Married Frederick Norton Dickman Junior, May 19, 1956 (divorced July 1975). Children: Frederick Norton Dickman III, Catherine Dickman Houghton, Elizabeth Dickman Blank, Janet Dickman Campbell.

Father:

William Crowe

Mother:

Catherine Elizabeth (Graeber) Crowe

Spouse:

Frederick Norton Dickman Junior

child:

Janet Dickman Campbell Dickman

child:

Catherine Dickman Houghton Dickman

child:

Elizabeth Dickman Blank Dickman

child:

Frederick Norton Dickman III Dickman