Donna Ruth Grogan Herndon

Background

Herndon, Donna Ruth Grogan was born on August 14, 1942 in Murray, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of E. Leon and Virgil (Childress) Grogan.

Education

Bachelor of Science summa cum laude, Murray State University, 1960; Master of Arts, Western Kentucky U., 1975.

Career

Teacher biology, Calloway County H.S., Murray, 1964-1966; director project Committee on Publication Ethics, Calloway County H.S., Murray, 1978-1981; coordinator of volumes, Army Cmty. Svc., Berlin, 1972; volunteer supervisor, Army Cmty. Svc., Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1974-1975; mayor, Van Voorhis Cmty., Fort Knox, 1975-1976; plant manager, Lin-Val Garden Center, Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, 1977; admissions representative, The Art Institute of Chicago Pittsburgh, 1978; director alumni affairs, Murray State University, 1981-1992; coordinator Family Resource Center,, Calloway County Schools, Murray, since 1992.

Achievements

• Donna Ruth Grogan Herndon has been listed as a noteworthy Educational administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors, co-founder CHAMP, Murray, 1986-1993. Representative education Kentucky Juvenile Justice Commission, 1982-1992. Member of advisory county department social work Murray State University, member of advisory board College Industry and Technology.

Member rural health advanced.bd. U. Kentucky; board directors Murray United Way. Founder, chairperson Calloway United Benevolent Superior vena cava syndrome Network.

Board directors Murray-Calloway Chamber of Commerce, 1993-1996, Leadership Kentucky Found. Member Kentucky Primary Health Care Coalition. Board directors Parents Anonymous.

Chair board directors Housing authority Murray. Member Kentucky Alliance for Exploited and Missing Children (board directors 1982-1992), Kentucky Center Public Issues (board directors 1990-1992), National Council for Advancement and Support Education (achievement award 1984, bronze award 1987, District III Outstanding Advisor award 1992), National Association Parents and Teachers(honorary life), Leadership Kentucky (board directors since 1990), Leadership Kentucky AlumniAssn. (trustee 1989-1995), Murray Woman's Club.

Interests

• Avocations: volunteer service, music, reading, gardening.

Connections

Married Clarence W. Herndon Junior, January 31, 1963. Children: Melissa Herndon Graves, Roger Allan (deceased).

Father:

E. Leon Grogan

Mother:

Virgil (Childress) Grogan

Spouse:

Clarence W. Herndon Junior

child:

Roger Allan Herndon (deceased)

child:

Melissa Herndon Graves Herndon