Background
Wolfe, Deborah Cannon Partridge was born on December 16, 1916 in Cranford, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of David Wadsworth and Gertrude (Moody) Cannon.
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Wolfe, Deborah Cannon Partridge was born on December 16, 1916 in Cranford, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of David Wadsworth and Gertrude (Moody) Cannon.
Bachelor of Science, New Jersey City University. Master of Arts, Doctor of Education, Columbia University. Postgraduate, Vassar College.
Postgraduate, University Pennsylvania. Postgraduate, Union Theological Seminary. Postgraduate, Jewish Seminary America.
Doctorate (honorary), Seton Hall University, 1963. Doctorate (honorary), College New Rochelle, 1963. Doctorate (honorary), Morris Brown University, 1964.
Doctorate (honorary), Glassboro/Rowan College, 1965. Doctorate (honorary), Bloomfield College, 1988. Doctorate (honorary), Monmouth College, 1988.
Doctorate (honorary), William Paterson College, 1988. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Kean College, 1981. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Stockton State College, 1982.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Glassboro State College, 1985. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Jersey City State College, 1987. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Centenary College.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), William Paterson College, 1989. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Tuskegee University, 1989. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Tuskegee University, 1989.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Peter's College, 1989. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Rider College, 1989. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Georgian Court College, 1990.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Stevens Institute of Technology, 1991. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Rutgers University, 1992. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Thomas Edison College, 1992.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Medical Dentistry New Jersey, 1989. Doctor of Science (honorary), City University of New York, 2001. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), City University of New York, 2001.
Former principal, teacher public schools, Cranford, also Tuskegee, Alabama. Faculty Tuskegee Institute, Grambling College, New York University, Fordham University, University Michigan, Texas College, Columbia University. Supervision and administration curriculum development, social studies University Illinois, summers.
Professor education, affirmative action officer Queens College, officer. Professor education and children's literature Wayne State University. Education chief United States House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, 1962—2004.
Fulbright professor American literature New York University. United States representative 1st World Conference on Women in Politics. Chair non-governmental representatives to United Nations (non-governmental organization/DPI executive committee), 1983-2004.
Editorial consultant Macmillan Public Company. Consultant Encyclopedia British. Advisory board Educational Testing Service.
Member State Board Education, 1964-1994. Chairperson New Jersey Board Higher Education, 1967-1994. Member national advisory panel on vocational education Department of Health.
Member citizen's advisory committee to Board Education, Cranford. Member Citizen's Advisory Committee on Youth Fitness, President's Advisory Committee on Youth Fitness, White House Conference Education, 1955, White House Conference Aging, 1960, White House Conference Civil Rights, 1966, White House Conference on Children, 1970, Advisory Council for Innovations in Education. Vice president National Alliance for Safer Cities.
Consultant Vista Corps, Office of Economic Opportunity. Visiting scholar Princeton Theological Seminary, 1989-2004. Chairperson Human Relations Council, New Jersey, 1994-2004.
Visiting professor University Illinois, University North Carolina, Wayne State University. Theologian-in-residence Duke University. Member trustee board Science Service.
Member New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, 1996.
Board directors Cranford Welfare Association, Community Center, 1st Baptist Church, Cranford Community Center Migratory Laborers, Hurlock, Maryland. Trustee Science Service, Seton Hall University, board regents. Member Public Broadcasting Authority, New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education, 1996-2004, Tuskegee University Alumni, 1995.
Member New Jersey Convention of Progressive Baptists, 1995, vice president, 1996-2004, president, 1999-2001. Parliamentarian Progressive national Baptist Convention. Secretary Kappa Delta Pi Educational Foundation, national board directors, 2001-2004, laureate representative.
Member advisory committee Elizabeth and Arthur Schlesinger Library., Radcliffe College, trustee Education Development Center, 1965-2004. Associate minister 1st Baptist Church. Chair Human Relations Commission, Monroe, 1995.
Vice president, then president New Jersey Convention Progressive Baptist, 1996-2004. Parliamentarian Progressive National Baptist Convention. Member executive committee National Council Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching, 1997-2004.
Member New Jersey Holocaust Commission, 1996-2004. Member of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Medal of Honor 1994), American Association of University Professors, American Association of University Women (national education chairman), National Conference of Christians and Jews, National Education Association (life), Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (review council), American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman teacher education committee), League of Women Voters, New Jersey Convention of Progressive Bapts. (1st woman elected president 1999), Alliance Black Clergywomen (president), National Association State Universities and Colleges and Land Grant Colleges (member executive board 1996, member council on agriculture extension and teaching), Church Women United (United Nations representative, member executive committee), International Platform Association, American Council Education (member commission federal relations), National Society Study Education, International Association Childhood Education, American Academy Political and Social Science, Comparative Education Society, International Reading Association, Fellowship Southern Churchmen, American Teachers Association, New York Teachers Association, National Association Black Educators (president), National Association Negro Business and Professional Women (chairman speakers bureau, National Achievement award 1958), National Panhellenic Council (director), American Council Human Rights (vice president), Council National Organizations Children and Youth, New Jersey Commission Holocaust Education, New Jersey Holocaust Commission, New Jersey Federation Colored Women's Clubs, United Nations Association-United States of America (member executive committee).
1 son, H. Roy Partridge.