Gwinnett Mitchell Paden

Background

Paden, Gwinnett Mitchell was born on April 25, 1922 in Port Deposit, Maryland, United States. Daughter of Robert Holcombe and Mary Christine (Hopkins) Jones.

Education

Bachelor, University Delaware, 1942. Master of Arts, University Pacific, 1971.

Career

Assistant to advertising production manager W.T. Grant Company, New York City, 1942-1943. Assistant to library cataloguer Wine Institute, San Francisco, 1946. Assistant social editor (part time) Lodi (California) News-Sentinel, 1957-1959.

Programmer, producer classical music programs (part time) KCVR, Lodi, 1959-1960. Reporter Lodi area Stockton Record, 1960-1964. Assistant community relations San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, California, 1964-1969, teacher English, 1970-1982.

Teacher English Lodi High School Lodi Unified School District, 1969-1981. Part-time teacher English, San Joaquin Delta College, 1990-1992.

Achievements

• Gwinnett Mitchell Paden has been listed as a noteworthy secondary school educator, reporter by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President James L. Snell chapter Parent-Teachers Association, Colma, California, 1955-1957, also life member. President George Washington Parent-Teachers Association, Lodi, 1959-1960, also life member. President Lodi Sister City Committee, 1985-1987, Lodi League Stockton (California) Symphony, 1986-1987, Stockton branch National League American Pen Women, 1996-1998, letters chairman Northern California Section, 1996-1998.

Charter chair Lodi Arts Commission. Charter president Lodi Friends of Lodi Library., 1978-1980, board directors, 1980-1990, recording secretary, 1996-1998. Representative advisory board cooperative library Lodi Library., 1949-1953.

Associate member Emperor branch Lodi Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, branch publicity chairman, 1986-1987, Pink Lady volunteer, 1981-1994. Block captain Neighborhood Watch, since 1989. Board directors Lodi Safety Council, 1960, Stockton Chorale, 1979-1986.

Active 1st United Methodist Church, 1957-1988. Active St. John's Episcopal Church, since 1988, member vestry since 2000. Recording secretary, chairman membership, publicity Friends of Lodi Lake, 1995-1996.

Board directors, member allocations committee United Way San Joaquin County, 1984-1991. Member tourism committee Lodi Visitors and Convention Bureau, 1995-1997. Board directors Tokay Players, since 1998.

1st lieutenant Women's Army corpus, United States army, 1943-1946. Member National League American Penwomen (president 1991-1992, president and publicity chair San Joaquim County branch 1997-1998), California Teachers Association, California Retired Teachers Association, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, wild life, gardening, classical music, ballet.

Connections

Married John Donald Mitchell, May 10, 1945 (deceased March 1986). Children: John H. Mitchell, Donald R. Mitchell, Christine Ann Smith, Nancy M. Mitchell. Married John Kenneth Paden, May 2, 1992.

Father:

Robert Holcombe Jones

Mother:

Mary Christine (Hopkins) Jones

Spouse:

John Kenneth Paden

Spouse:

John Donald Mitchell

child:

Christine Ann Smith Paden

child:

Nancy M. Mitchell Paden

child:

Donald R. Mitchell Paden

child:

John H. Mitchell Paden