Background
Hickey, Dixie Marie was born on March 23, 1940 in Little Rock. Daughter of Richard Glenville and Vera Marie Gill.
Hickey, Dixie Marie was born on March 23, 1940 in Little Rock. Daughter of Richard Glenville and Vera Marie Gill.
Associate of Arts, Motlow State Community College, 1974; Bachelor of Science, Middle Tennessee State University, 1977; postgraduate, Middle Tennessee State University, 1979-1980; postgraduate, U. Tennessee, 1980-1986; postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1990; Master of Arts in Special Education, California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1993.
Teacher, King George County School District, King George, Virginia, 1959; math data aide, United States Navy, Dahlgren, Virginia, 1960-1961; reading paraprofessional, Tullahoma (Tennessee) City Schools, 1974-1975; substitute teacher, Tullahoma City Schools, 1977; teacher, St. Paul the Apostle School, Tullahoma, Tennessee, 1977-1980; instrumental aide, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) City Schools, 1980-1982; director special education, Ridgeview Psychology Hospital, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1982-1986; learning handicapped specialist, director education, Del Amo Hospital Schools, Torrance, California, 1986-1990; educational therapist, Switzer Center for Special Education, Torrance, California, 1987-1992; director education, learning and severely handicapped specialist, South Bay Children's Health Center, Redondo Beach, California, 1990-1994; private practice educational therapist, 1992-1994; assistant director special education, coordinator special education programs, Smith-Green West Allen Special Education Cooperative, Fort Wayne, Indiana, since 1994. Conductor prosocial skills groups Academy for Academy and Individual Excellence, Torrance, 1992-1994.
Teacher Vietnamese resettlement, Oak Ridge, 1988. CPR instructor American Red Cross, Oak Ridge, Torrance, 1981-1987. Member Daughters of the American Revolution, Council for Exceptional Children, Indiana Council Adminstrs.
Special Education, Colonial Dames XVII Century.
Married Robert Franklin Hickey, August, 1959. Children: Evelyn Diane, Steven Marcus.