Dorothy Talmadge Sparrow, casualty general adjuster, editors Recipient certified appreciation Yorktown Bicentennial Commission, 1981, Marjorie Branch award Virginia Federation Women"s Club, 1984, award Volunteer Action Center, 1988, others
Background
Sparrow, Dorothy Talmadge was born on March 7, 1943 in Baltimore. Daughter of CharlesEdward and Margaret Elizabeth (Willis) Sparrow Junior Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, U. Baltimore, 1965. Social worker Department of Welfare, White Plains, New York,1965-1966.
Education
Military dance hostess director Young Women's Christian Association West Point, White Plains, 1967-1972. Assistant women"s editor Reporter Dispatch, White Plains, 1967-1973. News bureau director Methodist College, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1973-1974.
Casualty adjuster Crawford & Company, Fayetteville, 1974-1976, outside casualty, life & health adjunct, Newport News, Virginia, 1976-1987, casualty general adjuster, 1987.
Career
Social worker Department Welfare, White Plains, New York, 1965—1966. Military dance hostess director Young Women’s Christian Association West Point, 1967—1972. Assistant women's editor Reporter Dispatch, 1967—1973.
News bureau director Methodist College, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1973—1974. Casualty adjuster Crawford & Company, 1974—1976, outside casualty, life & health adjunct Newport News, Virginia, 1976—1987, casualty general adjuster, since 1987.
Membership
Board directors Junior Woman's Clubs Fayetteville and Hampton, 1973—1974, Fayetteville Arts Council, 1974—1976. Area representative Youth Understanding Foreign Exchange, Hampton, 1979—1983. Volunteer coordinator, hostess director United Service Organizations, Virginia, since 1985.
Member of National Association of Female Executives, American Business Women's Association (Woman of Year award 1982), Virginia State Claims Association (board directors since 1990), Peninsula Claims Association (president 1983, 1988, secretary 1986, Adjuster of Year award 1984), Fort Eustis Officers Club, Woman's of Hampton Club, Alpha Xi Delta.