Background
Noyes, Elisabeth J. was born on October 15, 1940 in Hilversum, The Netherlands. Daughter of Louis Jan and Wilhelmina Louise (Bollee) van Epen. came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1966.
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Noyes, Elisabeth J. was born on October 15, 1940 in Hilversum, The Netherlands. Daughter of Louis Jan and Wilhelmina Louise (Bollee) van Epen. came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1966.
Postgraduate, Middlebury College, 1961. Master of Arts, University Massachusetts, 1962. Master of Education, Salem State College, Massachusetts, 1966.
Doctor of Education, Nova University, 1976. Postgraduate, Nova University.
Instructor German and English, North Shore Community College, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1965-1968; associate professor, North Shore Community College, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1970-1976; division chairperson, North Shore Community College, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1972-1974; department chairperson, White Pines College, Chester, N.H., 1968-1970; professor, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, 1974-1975; division chairperson, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, 1976-1978; assistant dean, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, 1978-1983; academic program officer, Massachusetts Board Regents of Higher Education, Boston, 1983-1987; director academic planning and program development, University System N.H., Durham, since 1987. Member N.H. Post Secondary Education Commission, since 1987. Consultant New Jersey Department Higher, Trenton, 1986-1989.
Trustee White Pines College, Chester, 1974-1985, vice chairman, 1983-1985. Trustee Notre Dame Preparatory School, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1980-1985, Nashoba Community Hospital, Ayer, Massachusetts, since 1983, chairman nursing home committee, since 1985. Chairperson Shirley (Massachusetts), School Committee, 1974-1980.
Moderator Town of Shirley, since 1983. Board directors Massachusetts Moderators' Association, since 1988, Second vice president, 1991-1992, senior vice president, since 1992. Member National Council Teachers English, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Massachusetts Women in Public Higher Education (executive committee 1982-1986, treasurer 1983-1986), New Hampshire Women in Higher Education Association, Northeast Regional Conference on English in two-year colleges (executive committee 1981-1984, treasurer 1982-1984), Greater Boston Regional Education Council (vice chairman, chair 1978-1986), National Council State Directors Community and Junior Colleges (system representative), Modern Language Association, Northeast Regional Conference on Teaching Foreign Languages, Chi Omega, Altrurian.
Married Arnold Eugene Noyes, September 2, 1961. Children: James Louis, Edwin Willard.