Background
Vargus, Ione Dugger was born on July 19, 1930 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Edward Dugger and Madeline (Kountze) Dugger-Kelley.
Vargus, Ione Dugger was born on July 19, 1930 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Edward Dugger and Madeline (Kountze) Dugger-Kelley.
Bachelor of Arts, Tufts University, 1952. M.S.S., University of Chicago, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis University, 1971.
Family worker Boston Housing Authority, 1961-1964.
Project director Camp Fire Girls, Boston, 1964-1967. Assistant professor Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1968-1971, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1971-1974.
Associate dean Temple University, Philadelphia, 1974-1978, dean, professor, 1978-1991, acting vice provost, 1991-1993, presidential fellow, 1993-1995, retired 1995.
Family worker Boston Housing Authority, 1961-1964. Project director Camp Fire Girls, Boston, 1964-1967. Assistant professor Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1968-1971, University Illinois, Urbana, 1971-1974.
Associate dean Temple University, Philadelphia, 1974-1978, dean, professor, 1978-1991, acting vice provost, 1991-1993, presidential fellow, 1993-1995, retired, 1995.
Trustee Tufts University, 1981-1991, emeritus, since 1991. Chair Philadelphia Foundation, 1983-1988. Chair Family Reunion Institute, since 1989, Multicultural Institute, since 1989, Juvenile Law Center, 1991-2000, Valentine Foundation, 1994-2000.
Vice president, board directors Tucker House, 1989-1995. Board directors Unitarian-Universalist Service Committee, 1999-2003. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Association of Social Workers, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Urban League.
Married William Vargus, March 27, 1954 (divorced 1964). Children: Suzanne Holloman, William. Married William H. Adams, August 26, 1978 (deceased May 1988).