Emily Baruch Kirby

Background

Kirby, Emily Baruch was born on April 16, 1929 in New York City. Daughter of Paul Ludwig and Aimee Augusta (Mayer) Baruch.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, New York University, 1952; Master of Arts, New York University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1974.

Career

Instructor psychology Elmhurst College, Illinois, 1965—1968, assistant professor, 1968—1974. Director institutional research Central Young Men’s Christian Association Community College, Chicago, 1974—1977. Director instructional research and evaluation Oakton Community College, Morton Grove, 1977—1980.

Vice president faculty and academy affairs Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, New York, 1980—1984. Manager Midwest Odyssey Tours, Inc., 1985—1987. President Emily Enterprises, since 1987.

Adjunct faculty Women's Management Program, Mundelein College, Chicago, 1977-1979, Northeastern Illinois University, 1994. Member, Illinois; member subcommittee on employment and pensions Illinois Commission on Status of Women region IV New York planning board Board Cooperative Education Services, 1981-1983. Consultant organization development Prefabets, Czestochowa, Poland, summer 1990, also various not-for-profit organizations, since 1990.

Board director The Josselyn Center Mental Health, Northfield, Illinois, since 2004.

Achievements

• Emily Baruch Kirby has been listed as a notable psychologist, writer, academic administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors North Shore Ecology Center, Glencoe, Illinois, 1977-1980, 83—2009, Southern School, Chicago, 1987-1992, Antioch College Alumni Board, since 2005. Volunteer Earthwatch, 1996-2004. Bosnian survivors of torture, 1998.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of University Women, American Psychological Association (chairman committee educational psychologists in community colleges 1978-1980), American Educational Research Association (chairperson newsletter editor committee, special interest group committee college research for North Central region 1978-1979), Women in Management (North Shore chapter board), Women of Achievement (North Shore chapter, Academia award 1989), Chicago, New York Academy of Sciences, Antioch College Alumni Association (chairman Chicago community 1986-1988, since 2004), Northwestern Club Chicago, Phi Delta Kappa.

Connections

Married Frank Eugene Kirby, August 17, 1952. Children: Russell Steven, Nicholas Quentin, Paula Rachel, Nathaniel Benedict.

Father:

Paul Ludwig Baruch

Mother:

Aimee Augusta (Mayer) Baruch

Spouse:

Frank Eugene Kirby

child:

Nathaniel Benedict Kirby

child:

Nicholas Quentin Kirby

child:

Paula Rachel Kirby

child:

Russell Steven Kirby