Background
Alter, Eleanor Reed was born on May 4, 1908 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Prentiss Bishop and Eleanor Frey (Cochran) Reed.
Alter, Eleanor Reed was born on May 4, 1908 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Prentiss Bishop and Eleanor Frey (Cochran) Reed.
AB, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1930. Master of Arts, Syracuse University, 1961. Postgraduate, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, New York, 1960.
Postgraduate, Syracuse University, 1961.
Teacher secondary English Fulton (New York ) High School, 1959-1961. Chairman of English City of Fulton, 1961. Teacher secondary English and French Uxbridge (Massachusetts) High School, 1961-1963.
Teacher secondary English King Philip Regional School, Wrentham, Massachusetts, 1963-1987. Educational consultant Pegasus Projects, Slatersville, Rhode Island, 1987. Assistant editor The Beechwood Tree at Scarborough (New York ) School, since 1926.
Leader creative writing group Woonsocket (Rhode Island) Fine Arts Society, 1966-1971.
Member Jersey City Symphony Society. President women's auxiliary St. Paul's Church in Bergen, Jersey City, 1947. Board directors International Institute, Jersey City Museum Association.
Lay Episcopalian minister. President Wayfarers' Prayer and Bible Study Group. Member American Association of University Women (leader creative writing group 1966-1971), National Council Teachers English, Delta Kappa Gamma (poet laureate Rhode Island chapter), College Club Jersey City, Monday Afternoon Club, Smith College Alumnae Association.
Married Nicholas Mark Alter, April 11, 1932 (deceased 1970). Children: Eleanor Haas, Katharine Cree (deceased 1987), Nicholas Albert, Ernest Henry.