Dorothy Cresswell Lange

Background

Lange, Dorothy Cresswell was born on February 28, 1953 in Aberdeen, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Walter Franklin and Dorothy Cresswell.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Wheelock College, 1975; Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education, U. Massachusetts, 1986.

Career

Lead teacher, Parkway Nursery School, Boston, 1975-1977; family day care provider, Office for Children, Amherst and Newton, Massachusetts, 1978-1980; lead preschooling teacher, Grass Roots Day School, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1981-1983; lead toddler teacher, Grass Roots Day School, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1983-1984; education coordinator, Grass Roots Day School, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984-1986; preschooling teacher, Leverett (Massachusetts) Elementary School, 1986-1991. Presenter workshops in field. Continuing education instructor, Wheelock College, Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1987.

Achievements

• Dorothy Cresswell Lange has been listed as a noteworthy Preschool educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chair Early Childhood Resource Center, Amherst, 1984-1985. Director after-school program Jubilee Children's House, Washington, 1982. Sponsor Save the Children, South Dakot, since 1984.

Member New England Association for Education of Young Children (western Massachusetts representative 1985-1986).

Interests

• Avocations: songwriting, guitar, meditation, swimming, creative writing.

Connections

Married Nicholas Theodore Lange, December 12, 1975 (divorced 1983). Children: Sarah Elizabeth, Nicholas Cresswell.

Father:

Walter Franklin Cresswell

Mother:

Dorothy Cresswell

Spouse:

Nicholas Theodore Lange

child:

Nicholas Cresswell Lange

child:

Sarah Elizabeth Lange