Background
Sawyer, Dorothy Straker was born on January 12, 1924 in Hammond, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Joseph and Veronica (Gyorgyi) Straker.
Sawyer, Dorothy Straker was born on January 12, 1924 in Hammond, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Joseph and Veronica (Gyorgyi) Straker.
Bachelor of Music, American Conservatory Music, Chicago, 1947; Master of Arts in Human Superior vena cava syndrome, John Carroll U., 1982; postgraduate, Pacifica Graduate Institute, since 1992.
Instructor, Carnegie Institute Technology, Pittsburgh, 1947-1951; instructor, Moravian College for Women, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1953-1954; instructor, Cleveland Institute Music, 1957-1960; instructor, Laurel School for Girls, Shaker Heights, Ohio., 1960-1965; founder, director, executive director, Institute for Personal Health Skills (formerly Cancer Project), Cleveland, since 1978. Lecturer, writer in field. Instructor continuing education U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1989-1991.
Member of Executive Committee Advisory Council Western Reserve History Society, Cleveland, 1969-1973. Member Women's Council Cleveland Museum Art, since 1972. President women's committee Cleveland Institute Music, 1968-1970.
Member American Guild Organists (associate), Association Applied Psychopysiology and Biofeedback.
Married Baldwin Sawyer, September 6, 1947. Children: Dorothy Carol, Ann Sawyer Williams, Charles Baldwin, Elizabeth Rood.