Background
Chambers, Dorothy Mae was born on December 9, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of George Alva and Caroline Catherine (Krutek) Thompson.
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Dorothy Mae Chambers
Edit ProfileVocational education administrator
Education
Associate of Arts, Snead Junior College, Boaz, Alabama, 1944; Bachelor, Birmingham (Alabama) Southern College, 1947; Master of Science, Samford U., 1966; Doctor of Education, U. Alabama, 1974.
Career
Marketing teacher/coordinator, Fairfield (Alabama) City School System, 1946-1948; marketing teacher/coordinator, Birmingham City School System, 1948-1949; vocational cooperative supervisor, Birmingham City School System, 1965-1985; executive director vocational education, Birmingham City School System, since 1985; marketing teacher/coordinator, Bessemer (Alabama) City School System, 1956-1965.
Achievements
Membership
President Alabama Easter Seal Society, since 1991. Board directors National Easter Seal Society, since 1991, Birmingham Festival of Arts, since 1985, chairman 1991 Books and Author Luncheon. Co-chair Downtown Action Committee, Birmingham, since 1975.
Board directors, Executive Committee Alabama Goodwill Industries, since 1981. Board directors Alabama Lung Association, since 1978. Volunteer trainer United Way Leadership Development Program.
Exec.com. Women's Committee of Alabama Symphony, past president. Member American Association of University Women, National Vocational Industrial Clubs American Association (honorary, outstanding Alabama vocational administrator, 1990-1991), Alabama Home Economics Association (honorary), ZontaClub (past president), Delta Kappa Gamma (past president), Phi Delta Kappa (president 1990-1991), Kappa Delta Epsilon, Kappa Delta Pi, Iota Lambda Sigma.
Connections
Married Leon Franklin Chambers, June 20, 1948. Children: Susan C. Weir, Celeste Neil, Karen Chambers.
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Nationality
American