Background
Davis-Durant, Erlynne was born on October 16, 1925 in Cleveland. Daughter of Earle Vernon and Margaret Ruth (Sanders) Poindexter.
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Erlynne Davis-Durant
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AB, Oberlin College, 1947; Master of Science in Social Administration, Western Reserve U., 1950.
Career
Case worker, Cuyahoga County Welfare Department, Cleveland, 1947-1948; case worker, Family Svc. Association, Cleveland, 1950-1954; supervisor, Cuyahoga County Welfare Department, Cleveland, 1956-1963; instructor School Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1963-1966; assistant professor, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1966-1969; associate professor School Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1969-1987; associate professor emerita Mandel School Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, since 1987. Consultant, staff development trainer, continuing education instructor, speaker in field, 1957-1997.
Achievements
Membership
Board trustees Project Friendship, Cleveland, 1986-1991, president, 1987, Youth Visions, 1991-1995. Board directors Metropolitan Young Women’s Christian Association, Cleveland, 1987-1992. Volunteer Retired Srs.
Volunteer Program, Cleveland, since 1989. Member St. James African Methodist Episcopalian Church (Distinguished Svc. award 1983). Member of advisory county Council Retired Srs.
Volunteer Program, Greater Cleveland, 1991-1994, 95-. Active Cmty. Council, 1993-1995, Fairhill Executive Council Fairhill Center for Aging, 1996-1997. Volunteer Intergenerational Resource Center.
Member of advisory county on senior and adult services Cuyahoga County, since 1996, secretary, since 1998, county on older persons Federation Cmty. Planning, since 1996. Member IRC Advisory Team, since 1997.
Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Alpha Kappa Alpha (Achievement award Alpha Omega chapter 1963, 74).
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Connections
Married Charles E.Davis Senior (deceased). 1 child, Charles E. Junior. Married John H. Durant.
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American
Awards
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Recipient 20h Anniversary Founders Recognition, Center for Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Cleveland, 1990, Ebony Rose Education award Murtis Taylor Multi-Svc. Center, Cleveland, 1990, Ebony Rose Most Honored award, 1995, Distinguished Alumni award School Applied Social Sciences Case Western Reserve U., 1987, Women of Distinction award Women's Missionary Society African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1983.Recipient 20h Anniversary Founders Recognition, Center for Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Cleveland, 1990, Ebony Rose Education award Murtis Taylor Multi-Svc. Center, Cleveland, 1990, Ebony Rose Most Honored award, 1995, Distinguished Alumni award School Applied Social Sciences Case Western Reserve U., 1987, Women of Distinction award Women's Missionary Society African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1983.