Background
Coombe, Edmund Jay was born on April 22, 1940 in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Coombe and Sophia (Kovacs) Jacobson.
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Edmund Jay Coombe
Edit Profileconsultant special education educator
Edmund Jay Coombe, American Special education educator, consultant. Georgia College research grantee, 1983, 85, 87. Member President's Committee on Employment of Handicapped, Washington, since 1972, Governor's Task Force on Gifted Education, Atlanta, 1986-1988. With United States Army, 1958-1965. Member Council for Exceptional Children (president state division), American Association Mental Retardation (president state division), Phi Delta Kappa.
Education
Bachelor in History, Pennsylvania State University, 1967; Master of Education in Special Education, Bloomsburg (Pennsylvania) U., 1972; Doctor of Education in Special Education, Temple University, 1981.
Career
Teacher special education, Schuykill, Carbon and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania, 1967-1972; supervisor special education, Montgomery County Indiana University 23, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, 1972-1976; program director, Berks County Indiana University 14, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1976-1978; coordinator handicapped services, Reading Area Community College, 1978-1980; director educational programs, Vineland (New Jersey) Training School, 1980-1981; associate professor special education, Georgia College, Milledgeville, 1981-1989; associate professor special education, West Virginia University, Morgantown, since 1989. Consultant Berks County Vocational Schools, Reading, 1976-1980. Field reader United States Office Education, Washington, 1979, 83, 86.
Achievements
Membership
Member President's Committee on Employment of Handicapped, Washington, since 1972, Governor's Task Force on Gifted Education, Atlanta, 1986-1988. With United States Army, 1958-1965. Member Council for Exceptional Children (president state division), American Association Mental Retardation (president state division), Phi Delta Kappa.
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Married Lenore M. Norris, July 14, 1972.
