Gloria Celestine Duncan

Background

Duncan, Gloria Celestine was born on May 31, 1944 in Columbia, South Carolina. Daughter of John DuBois and Fannie Ruby Batiste.

Education

Associate of Arts, City College San Francisco, 1965; Bachelor, U. Bridgeport, 1968; Master of Arts, U. San Francisco, 1984.

Career

Presenter, California State Department, Long Beach, 1990; mentor teacher, Alum Rock School District, San Jose, 1990-1994; educator, Alum Rock School District, San Jose, since 1972. Advisory board San Jose Writing Project, 1993-1996. Associate director San Jose State University, 1993-1996.

Achievements

• Gloria Celestine Duncan has been listed as a noteworthy Elementary educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member youth advisory board American Cancer Society, Santa Clara County, since 1995, volunteer,1985-. Member education committee Kids Voting United States of America, Silicon Valley, since 1994. Sr.warden St. Philip's Episcopal Church, San Jose, California, 1988.

Member Informal Computer Using Educators (membership co-chair, advisory board member), Delta Kappa Gamma (co-president 1996, president Gamma Psi chapter since 1998), Phi Delta Kappa (Stanford chapter historian 1995-1996, treasurer since 1996), Beta Pi Sigma (Soror of Year 1996).

Interests

• Avocations: travel, reading, sewing, knitting, playing tennis.

Connections

Married (divorced December 1975). 1 child, Jason Ira.

Father:

John DuBois

Mother:

Fannie Ruby Batiste

Spouse:

child:

Jason Ira Duncan