Background
Newell, Dorothy James was born on May 9, 1928 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States.
Newell, Dorothy James was born on May 9, 1928 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States.
Student, Eastern Nazarene College, 1945-1946; student, Metropolitan College, 1952-1953.
Member inventory staff, Ranger Engines, Farmingdale, New York, 1945-1946; hospital supplies/billing department staff, Hospital Corporation American, North Kansas City, Missoury, 1953-1954; newspaper reporter, editor, Butler County News Record, Zelienople, Pennsylvania, 1954-1963; newspaper reporter, editor, The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Massachusetts, since 1963. Director Friends of the Homeless of the South Shore, Weymouth, Massachusetts, since 1984.
Past president, member of advisory board Salvation Army, Quincy, since 1965. Founding member Quincy Interfaith Shelter Coalition, Quincy, 1984-1996. Member Quincy Welfare Advisory Board, since 1984.
Officer Parent-Teachers Association, Zelienople and Union City, Pennsylvania, 1954-1965. Officer, member of advisory board Protestant Scoial Svc. Bureau, Quincy, since 1970.
Member Society Professional Journalists, League of Women Voters.
Daughter of Locke le Baron and Katharine Brown (Alger) James. Married John Scott Newell Junior, November 3, 1944. Children: John S. III, Kerry J., Thomas M., Herbert L., Scott R.