Background
Collins, Cornelia Deming was born on August 18, 1921 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Edward Adams and Evelyn Mary (Staley) Deming.
Collins, Cornelia Deming was born on August 18, 1921 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Edward Adams and Evelyn Mary (Staley) Deming.
Bachelor, Smith College, 1943. Master of Arts in Social Work, Columbia University, 1945.
Field advisor, national delegate, national committee member Girl Scouts United States of America, 1944—1965. Trustee Laubach Literacy International, Syracuse, New York, 1966—1991. Board directors Literacy Council Northern Virginia, 1969—1999, Virginia Literacy Coalition, 1984—1989.
Chairman board trustees Laubach Literature International, 1991.
Member Girl Scouts United States of America, since 1944.
Married James Foster Collins, December 30, 1944. Children: Lauren F. Collins Mitchell, Kenneth Doctorate., C. Staley.