Dorothea Jane Pengelly Brigman

Background

Brigman, Dorothea Jane Pengelly was born on February 3, 1940 in Limerick, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of William Radford and Clarissa Roth (Grubb) Pengelly.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Ursinus College, 1962; Master of Education, West Chester U., 1984; Doctor of Education, Johns Hopkins University, 1995.

Career

Supervisor/demonstrator, Dutchmaid, Inc., Ephrata, Pennsylvania, 1963-1978; co-founder/teacher, Holy Trinity Parish Day School, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1978-1979; teacher, Upland Country Day School, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 1978-1990; director technical, Upland Country Day School, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, since 1990; Adjunct Professor, West Chester U., since 1996. Member of staff curriculum development for technical Upland Country Day School, Kennett Square, since 1990.

Achievements

• Dorothea Jane Pengelly Brigman has been listed as a noteworthy Secondary and elementary education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active vestry, altar guild, lay reader, chalice bearer, choir mother, inquirer's class Church of The Holy Trinity, West Chester, Pennsylvania, since 1962. Hostess Chester County Hospital, West Chester, since 1976, Young Women’s Christian Association, West Chester, since 1986. Active catechumenate process Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1994-1995.

Hostess Gilbert & Sullivan Society, West Chester, since 1995. Member Alpha Upsilon Alpha (charter Epsilon chapter, secretary 1986-1988), Phi Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: cooking, sewing.

Connections

Married Benny Lee Brigman, January 30, 1960 (divorced October 1976). Children: Benny Lee, Rita Elizabeth, Lloyd James.

Father:

William Radford Pengelly

Mother:

Clarissa Roth (Grubb) Pengelly

Spouse:

Benny Lee Brigman

child:

Benny Lee Brigman

child:

Rita Elizabeth Brigman

child:

Lloyd James Brigman