Edith Brown Urban

Background

Urban, Edith Brown was born on December 22, 1941 in Terra Alta, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Charles Earl and Louise E. (Rector) Brown.

Education

Bachelor, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1964; Master of Education, U. Pittsburgh, 1977; Master of Education in Administration, St. Bonaventure U., 1991.

Career

Elementary teacher, North Attleboro (Massachusetts) Schools, 1964-1968; homebound instructor, Hempfield School District, Irwin, Pennsylvania, 1968-1969; preschooling teacher, Room to Grow Preschool, Bradford, Pennsylvania, 1975-1976; reading specialist, Bradford Area School District, 1977-1991; title I director, Bradford Area School District, since 1991.

Achievements

• Edith Brown Urban has been listed as a noteworthy School system administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Eucharist lay minister Church of the Ascension, Bradford, since 1990. Board directors Bradford Landmark Society, Bradford, 1985-1990, Young Women’s Christian Association. Pres Bradford chapter League of Women Voters, 1973-1977.

Member Young Women’s Christian Association (board directors), Pennsylvania Association Federal Coords., International Reading Association, National Council Teachers English, Zonta International, Delta Kappa Gamma.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, crafts, cross-country skiing, reading.

Connections

Married Thomas E. Urban, August 8, 1964. Children: Philip Scott, Beth Ellen.

Father:

Charles Earl Brown

Mother:

Louise E. (Rector) Brown

Spouse:

Thomas E. Urban

child:

Philip Scott Urban

child:

Beth Ellen Urban