Background
Willis, Ida Dennie was born on March 6, 1929 in Kansas City, Missoury. Daughter of Alfred Stanley and Ruth (Morris) Dennie.
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Ida Dennie Willis
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Bachelor, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, 1951; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1955.
Career
Teacher, Indiana School District 1, Tulsa, 1951-1953, 57-60, 62-64, 65-84;
master teacher, Chicago Board Education, 1955-1957;
interviewer, Tulsa Urban Renewal Authority, 1961;
coordinator Lou Rawls Parade of Stars segment, United Negro College Fund, 1986;
substitute teacher, Indiana School District 1, Tulsa, 1986-1990;
creative writing teacher Summer Fine Arts Program, Greenwood Cultural Center, since 1990. Representative Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1978, Tulsa U. Career Fair, 1982, Northeastern State University Economics Seminar, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1978. Founder, Chairman of the Board Ida Dennie Willis Museum Miniatures, Dolls and Toys, Inc., since 1991.
Piano teacher after-school program Alcott Elementary School, 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Tulsa Urban League, 1958-1960, Gilcrease Museum Auxiliary. Board director North Tulsa Heritage Foundation, Greenwood Cultural Center, since 1990, instructor summer arts program, 1989, 90. Coordinator Tulsa segment Lou Rauls Parade of Stars Telathon United Negro College Fund.
Founder, Chairman, Board Of Directors Ida Dennie Willis Museum, Inc., 1992. Member American Association of University Women, National Education Association, National Association Miniature Enthusiasts, Womens Auxiliary Oklahoma Podiatry Association (past state secretary-treasurer), Oklahoma Educators Association Retired, Morris Brown College National Alumni Association (southwestern regional director), Madam Alexander Doll Club, Elite Ladies Club, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta.
Connections
Married Robert Tyrone Willis Junior, December 21, 1952. Children: Robert Tyrone III, William Alan.
