Background
Sidor, Ellen Sutherland was born on October 26, 1940 in Concord, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Charles Woodward and Mary Elizabeth (Frost) Sutherland.
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Ellen Sutherland Sidor
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Ellen Sutherland Sidor, American Sculptor. Avocations: sailing, computer games, reading.
F C. Council president Temenos Inc., Shutesbury, Massachusetts, since 1990; board directors Providence Zen Center, 1983-1987. Member New England Sculpture Association, N.H. Grapegrowers Association (secretary 1974-1976).
Education
AB, Mount Holyoke College, S. Hadley, Massachusetts, 1962; Master of Education in Counseling, Boston University, 1967.
Career
Reporter, Holyoke (Massachusetts) Transcript/Telegraph, 1963;
office manager/trainee, Little Brown & Company, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1964-1965;
counselor, Boston U Counseling Svc., 1967-1969;
psychologist in private practice, Newton, Massachusetts, 1971-1973;
partner, Sidor Vineyards, Gilmanton, N.H., 1973-1979;
Dharma teacher, Providence Zen Center, Cumberland, Rhode Island, since 1983;
founding editor, Primary Point Press, Cumberland, Rhode Island, 1986-1988;
editor-in-chief and founding editor, Primary Point Kwan Um School of Zen, Cumberland, Rhode Island, 1983-1988;
copyeditor, Providence Journal-Bulletin, 1990. Founder, teacher The Meditation Place, Providence, since 1985. Senior Dharma teacher Kwan Um School Zen, since 1988.
Co-organizer retreat/workshops Revisioning the Future, 1988. Founder Zen Artisans Coop, 1982-1985.
Achievements
Membership
Council president Temenos Inc., Shutesbury, Massachusetts, since 1990. Board directors Providence Zen Center, 1983-1987. Member New England Sculpture Association, N.H. Grapegrowers Association (secretary 1974-1976).
Connections
Married Reinhard Sidor, August 28, 1968. Children: Inga Frost, Anna Leopold.
