Background
Smith, Eleanor Cowan was born on December 9, 1936 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Rex Stanford and Mary Virginia (Egger) Cowan.
Smith, Eleanor Cowan was born on December 9, 1936 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Rex Stanford and Mary Virginia (Egger) Cowan.
Bachelor, University Hawaii, 1959. Master of Social Sciences, Bryn Mawr School Social Work, 1970.
Foster care social worker, Children & Youth Superior vena cava syndrome Delaware County, Media, Pennsylvania, 1970-1971; supervisor unmarried parent and diagnostic foster care department, Children & Youth Superior vena cava syndrome Delaware County, Media, Pennsylvania, 1972-1975; service coordinator diagnostic services, Children & Youth Superior vena cava syndrome Delaware County, Media, Pennsylvania, 1975-1978; administrator placement services, Children & Youth Superior vena cava syndrome Delaware County, Media, Pennsylvania, 1978-1979; administrator court services, Children & Youth Superior vena cava syndrome Delaware County, Media, Pennsylvania, 1980-1983; social work consultant, Children & Youth Superior vena cava syndrome and County Department Human Resources, Media, 1983-1984; social worker therapeutic preschooling, Media Child Guidance Clinic, 1985-1987; consultant on risk assessment and court training, accreditation consultant, Children & Youth Superior vena cava syndrome, Media, 1987-1988, 90; administrator staff development, Children & Youth Superior vena cava syndrome, Media, 1989-1990; consultant clinical coordinator for Robert Wood Johnson program, Delaware County Department Human Resources, Media, since 1990.
Board member ABC House, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, since 1980. Member Academy Certified Social Workers.
Married Kenneth J. Gergen, June 15, 1957 (divorced 1968). Children: Laura L., John Stanford. Married David Gilbert Smith, July 15, 1972.
Stepchildren: Alison, Joel.