Elizabeth Bennett Munro

Background

Munro, Elizabeth Bennett was born on April 8, 1919 in Spokane. Daughter of Howard J. and Florence Louise (Hanan) B.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1942; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1949.

Career

Art supervisor, public schools, Wausaw, Wisconsin, 1942-1944; art teacher, high School, Janesville, Wisconsin, 1944-1946; art department head, Deerfield Shields High Sh., Highland Park, Illinois, 1946-1949. Represented in permanent collection Everson Museum Art (Purchase prize Mr. & Mistress Mark S. Wilder Memorial 1971), national and juried art shows throughout N.E. and included in public private collections in Chicago and Washington area, New York, Florida, Arizona, Wisconsin.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Bennett Munro has been listed as a notable Artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Preservation Association Center New York. Board directors Landmarks Center New York, Syracuse. Member Philanthropic and Educational Organization (state convention delegate, chapter officer, since 1968), National League ofAm.

Pen Women (treasurer, secretary), Associated Artists of Syracuse (John Detore Memorial prizes 1976, 81).

Connections

Married John Willoughby Munro, July 2, 1949. Children: Thomas Bennett, Elizabeth Alice.

Father:

Howard J. B.

Mother:

Florence Louise (Hanan) B.

Spouse:

John Willoughby Munro

child:

Elizabeth Alice Munro

child:

Thomas Bennett Munro