Background
Swanson, Darlene Marie Carlson was born on August 8, 1925 in Boone, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Arvid Wilhelm and Edith Marie (Peterson) Carlson.
educator speaker speech therapist writer
Swanson, Darlene Marie Carlson was born on August 8, 1925 in Boone, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Arvid Wilhelm and Edith Marie (Peterson) Carlson.
Bachelor, Augustana College, 1947. Postgraduate, University Chicago, 1949. Postgraduate, Creighton University, 1972.
Student, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 1975.
Speech therapist Rock Island and Rockford (Illinois) Public School System, 1946-1951, Omaha (Nebraska) Public School System, 1963-1964. Church organist Calvary Lutheran Church, Moline, Illinois, 1944-1946. Assistant organist Augustana Lutheran Church, Omaha, 1956-1963.
Mortuary organist Swanson-Golden Mortuary, 1956-1963. Freelance lecturer, since 1960. Freelance writer, since 1960.
Chalk artist lecturer public speaker, retreat leader. Observer Lutheran World Federation Assembly, Budapest, Hungary, 1984.
Sunday school teacher Kountze Member Lutheran Church, Omaha, 1964-1974. Sunday school supervisor St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, West Hemstead, New York, 1951-1954. Secretary Omaha Parent-Teachers Association, 1968-1970.
Member advisory council Center High School, Omaha, 1971-1974, Omaha Public Schools, 1971-1974. Board directors, secretary Lutheran Music Program, Inc., since 1990. Active Metropolitan Opera Guild, 1986-1990, Omaha Opera Guild, since 1990, Omaha Symphony Guild, since 1990.
Board directors Bethpage Great Britain, since 1994, Omaha Symphony Association, 1996-1999. Member Omaha Symphony Association (board directors 1996-1999), Alumni Association Augustana College (board directors since 2000).
Married Reuben Theodore Swanson, August 8, 1948. Children: Conrad T., Joyce Marie Swanson Jobson.