Background
Roome, Dorothy Maud was born on September 26, 1934 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Roome, Dorothy Maud was born on September 26, 1934 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Bachelor, University Witwatersiand, 1955. Master of Arts in Media Arts, University Arizona, 1994. Doctor of Philosophy, University Natal, 1998.
Realtor Arthur Meikle and Company, Johannesburg, 1965—1970. Principal, owner Roome & Vanderbyl, 1970—1977. Member sales staff Frosch Travel, Houston, 1982—1984.
Director marketing Texas Tradewinds Travel, Austen, 1985—1987. Director marketing and sales Baltimore Hilton, 1988—1990. Instructor University Natal, Burban, South Africa, 1995—1998, Towson University, Baltimore, 1998—2002, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 2002.
Member of National Communications Association (commission on status of women 1993-1995, Arizona childcare steering committee 1994-1995), International Association Media Communications Research.
Daughter of Gehardus Petrus van Schalkwyk and Dorothy Elsie Tickton. Married John Dennis Roome, March 11, 1955. Children: Colleen Joyce, Sioban Catherine, Alison Gillian.