Denise Latnia Creech

Background

Creech, Denise Latnia was born on December 12, 1953 in New Bern, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Hayne Sumter and Alma Marguerite (Whitson) Creech.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Duke U., 1976.

Career

Teacher physical science Carrington Junior H.S., Durham (North Carolina) County Schools, 1976-1978; teacher chemistry East Wake H.S., Wake County Schools, Wendell, North Carolina, 1978-1979; teacher chemistry and physics, Randell Moore School Denver, 1979-1981; teacher chemistry, physics, and geology, Machebeuf H.S., Denver, 1981-1984; teacher, head department science, Hilton Head (South Carolina.) H.S., 1984-1990; senior staff associate education division, American Chemical Society, Washington, 1990-1992; program manager National Chemistry Week, American Chemical Society, Washington, 1992-1994; department head community outreach programs, American Chemical Society, Washington, 1994-1997; head department membership activities, American Chemical Society, Washington, since 1997. Teaching fellow Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1989-1990.

Achievements

• Denise Latnia Creech has been listed as a noteworthy Chemical educator, administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee North Carolina School for Science and Mathematics, Durham, 1994-1997. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, NTSA (presenter workshops 1986-1990), Association for Women in Science, American Society for Association Executives, Council Engineering and Science Society Executives, American Chemical Society, Phi Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, snow skiing, sailing, reading, hiking.

Connections

Father:

Hayne Sumter Creech

Mother:

Alma Marguerite (Whitson) Creech