Background
Lesse, Etta Gordon was born in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of H. Charles and Rose (Miers) Gordon.
Lesse, Etta Gordon was born in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of H. Charles and Rose (Miers) Gordon.
Bachelor, Beaver College. Master in Social Science, Smith College. Postgraduate, Bryn Mawr College School Social Economy.
Postgraduate, University Pennsylvania School Social Work.
Executive secretary Clinic Child Psychiatry Temple University Medical School, Philadelphia. Psychiatric social worker Bureau Family Service, Orange, New Jersey, intake worker. Psychiatric social worker Family Welfare Society, Newport, Rhode Island.
Case supervisor & assistant to chief social worker VA, Philadelphia. Consultant, social agencies and court Social and Health Counsellor Draft Board, Orange. Organizer, steering committee establishment case work section Council Social Agencies, Newport, Rhode Island.
Chairman Workshop Professional Social Workers Lehigh Valley. Group chairman, regional conference public education Governors Commission Public Education, Pennsylvania Governors Commission on Aging. Consultant, foster home development Northampton County Children's Aid Society.
Professional participant, religion and psychiatry seminars Easton, Pennsylvania. Interviewer Easton-Phillipsburg Commission Human Relations. Member, advisory board Northeastern Region Pennsylvania Department Public Welfare.
Lecturer, child study group Parent-Teachers Association, Easton, Pennsylvania.
Board directors Lehigh Valley Center Performing Arts Association. Member advisory board Junior League of Lehigh Valley. Vice president & board directors Planned Parenthood of Northampton County, Lehigh Valley Community Council, since 1975.
Executive board member American Heart Association, since 1978. Member of American Association of University Women (past branch president, director, Eastern branch, chairman, career advancement loan fund, founder & chair, memorial fund since 1987, Outstanding Woman of Year 1981-1982), Metropolitan Opera Association, Philadelphia Orchestra Association, Northampton County Medical Society Auxiliary (director since 1980, vice president, president, chairman, scholarships, chairman, medical and professional nursing students loan fund), Women's Committee Philadelphia Association Psychoanalysis, Allentown Art Museum, Lehigh Valley Mental Health Association (director, chairman, committee personnel and nominating), Academy Certified Social Workers, National Association Social Workers, Smith College Alumni Association.
Married S. Michael Lesse. Children: Toni Gordon, Cathy Ross.