Background
Douglas, Elizabeth Asche was born on December 22, 1930 in Rochester, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Charles Ferdell and Irma Mae (Edmonds) Asche.
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Elizabeth Asche Douglas
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Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1951. Master of Arts, University Pittsburgh, 1956.
Career
Instructor Southern University, Baton Rouge, 1952 (summer), Lemoyne College, Memphis, 1953 (summer), Philander Smith College, Little Rock, 1953-1954. Assistant professor Texas College, Tyler, 1955-1958. Art director Good Public Company, Fort Worth, 1958-1961.
Teacher Beaver (Pennsylvania) Schools, 1962-1963, Rochester (Pennsylvania) Schools, 1964-1966. Professor Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 1966-1996. Board directors Merrick Art Gallery Associate, New Brighton, Pennsylvania, since 1984, president, 1997-2000, Art Committee Chair, 2005-2010.
Board directors Beaver Valley Musicians Union Beaver, Pennsylvania, since 2008. Board directors Christian Scholar's Review, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1985-1995, Christians in Visual Art, Wenham, Massachusetts, 1981-1991, 1994-1999. Trinity Episcopal School Ministry, Ambridge, Pennsylvania, 1996-1999, Sweetwater Center Arts, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, 1997-2000, advisory board Sweetwater Center for Arts, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, since 2000.
Board directors, chair, Beaver Valley International Arts Festival, Inc., 2002-2003, visual arts coordinator, 2001-2003. Active Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School, Midland, Pennsylvania, since 2005. Guild Council Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, since 2005, Midland Arts Council, since 2008.
Board Beaver Valley Musicians Union, 82-545 AFM, 2008. Committee chairman Merrick Art Gallery Board, since 2006.
Membership
Chairman Rochester (Pennsylvania) Human Relations Committee, 1972-1974. Citizen advisor Governors Justice Commission Southwest Pennsylvania, 1976-1979. Board directors Greater Beaver Valley Cultural Alliance, 1989.
Member guild council Pittsburgh Center for Arts, since 2004. Member College Art Association, Association for Integrative Studies (board directors 1990-1994), Foundations in Art, Theory and Education (secretary treasurer 1982), National Conference Artists, Rochester (Pennsylvania) C. of Chamber (board directors 2003-2006, since 2009, chairman scholarshipcom.2009-).
Interests
Connections
Married William Roy Douglas, December 29, 1957. Children: Andrea Lynne, Vicki Jo, Nanette Rae.
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Political Party
Democrat
Awards
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Named Scholar of Year, Geneva College Faculty, 1985, Woman of Distinction in Arts, Beaver-Castle Council United States Girl Scouts, 1989. Nominee Athena award, 2000, 2002. Recipient Black History Achievement award Church of God in Christ, 2d Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, 2003, Distinguished Service award African American Folk History Organization, 2005, Service to Arts award Guild Council, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 2006, Service to the Chamber award Rochester Chamber of Commerce, 2006. Inductee, Beaver Valley Musicians Hall of Fame, 2003. Geneva College Tribute, 2003. Named to Archives, National Museum Women in Arts, Washington.Named Scholar of Year, Geneva College Faculty, 1985, Woman of Distinction in Arts, Beaver-Castle Council United States Girl Scouts, 1989. Nominee Athena award, 2000, 2002. Recipient Black History Achievement award Church of God in Christ, 2d Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, 2003, Distinguished Service award African American Folk History Organization, 2005, Service to Arts award Guild Council, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 2006, Service to the Chamber award Rochester Chamber of Commerce, 2006.
Inductee, Beaver Valley Musicians Hall of Fame, 2003. Geneva College Tribute, 2003. Named to Archives, National Museum Women in Arts, Washington.