Background
Smith, Dolores Maxine Plunk was born on December 22, 1926 in Webster City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Herschel Swanson and Kathryn (Wilke) Hassig.
Smith, Dolores Maxine Plunk was born on December 22, 1926 in Webster City, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Herschel Swanson and Kathryn (Wilke) Hassig.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Black Hills Teachers College, 1962. Master of Arts, Texas Woman's University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Texas Woman's University, 1974.
Owner, operator, private dance studios, South Dakot, 1953-1962;
teacher rural schools, Rosebud Reservation, South Dakot, 1945-1949;
teacher, Mellette County Public Schools, White River, South Dakot, 1958-1960;
teacher, St. Francis Indian Day School, 1960-1961;
teacher, Converse County (Wyoming) High School, 1961-1962;
graduate assistant, Texas Woman's U., Denton, 1962-1964, 71;
assistant professor dance, Sam Houston U., Huntsville, Texas, 1964-1965;
professor, Control Missouri State University, Warrensburg, 1965-1997;
retired. Judge dance contest Kansas City Dance Theatre Company, 1987, 88, World Dance Association, 1988, Missouri State Fair, 1989. Judge Miss American Co-ed Pageants,1991-1993.
Director Dance Partisans Association, Control Missouri State University, 1982-1996, community children's gymnastics program, 1982-1987, teacher community dance program, 1985-1997, director show dance team, 1991-1997. Dance coordinator International Council Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance, 1991-1996, member editorial board, South Dakot, 1997. Presenter Japanese Asia Dance Events, Malaysia, 1994, Dance Education Conference, Michigan State University, 1994.
Board directors Kansas City Dance Theatre Company. Director Commission on Dance, 1991-1996, co-director, 1994-1996. Member Dance Masters American (secretary 1985-1987, chairman Mr. and Miss Dance Contest 1985, scholarships committee 1988-1990), Alliance for Health (honors award central district chapter 1972, central district presenter 1991-1992, dance chair, college chair, dance performance chair 1989-1990, vice president dance education 1991-1993), Missouri Association Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (president 1972, service award 1976, 1996 Mahperd scholar), National Dance Association (future directions committee since 1997, vice president dance education 1991-1993, chairman Heritage luncheon 1968, 78, 87, Heritage award committee 1988-1989, member ad hoc special services committee 1989-1991, public Spotlight 1989-1990, president elect since 1998, president 1999-2000), Mid-American Dance Network (on-site coordinator choreographers/dancers workshop 1992, board directors, secretary 1992-1994), Missouri Art Council Basic Arts Education (basic arts education task force higher education), Dance and Child International (central district representative, United States of America Chapter, chair central district 1997-2000, display chair, presider 1991), Asian Pacific Conference Arts Education (presenter 1989), Association Supervision and Curriculum Development, International Congress Health, Physical Education and Recreation Presenters (congress delegations representing dance, presenter 1991, 93), International Physical Education and Sports for Girls and Women, Physical Education and Recreation, Missouri Alliance for Arts Education.
Married Del O. Furrey, Aug, 26, 1945 (divorced February 1960). Children: Bob H. Furrey, Jon B. Furrey, Kathryn E. Furrey Des Combes. Married Dewey Pechota, 1962 (divorced 1963).
Married Leon Plunk, 1965 (divorced 1967). Married Harold Burdick, 1974 (divorced 1977). Married Floyd E. Smith, July 13, 1985.