Background
Echols, Ivor Tatum was born on December 28, 1919 in Oklahoma City. Daughter of Israel E. and Katie (Bingley) Tatum.
Echols, Ivor Tatum was born on December 28, 1919 in Oklahoma City. Daughter of Israel E. and Katie (Bingley) Tatum.
Bachelor of Arts Kansas, 1942. Postgraduate, University Nebraska, 1946. Master of Science in Social Work, Columbia University, 1952.
Postgraduate, University Southern California, 1962. Doctor of Social Work, University Southern California, 1968.
Teacher social studies high school, Holdenville, Oklahoma, 1942-1943, Geary, 1943-1945. Caseworker American Red Cross, Chicago, 1946-1947. Resident group worker Dosoris House for Teen-Age Girls Community Services Society, New York City, 1950-1951.
Supervisor group work Walnut Grove Center Neighborhood Clubs, Oklahoma City, 1948-1951. Program director Camp Lookout Young Women’s Christian Association, Denver, 1951. Director program services Presbyterian Neighborhood Services, Detroit, summer 1960.
Supervisor group work Merrill-Palmer Institute, 1951-1970. Assistant director Merrill-Palmer Camp, Dryden, Michigan, 1951-1959. Professor School Social Work University Connecticut, West Hartford, 1970-1989, also assistant dean, retired, 1989.
Delaware Inter-University Consortium of Social Development, Nairobi, Kenya, 1974, Hong Kong, 1980. Member Connecticut advisory committee United States Commission Civil Rights.
Member ad hoc committee Citizens Concerned with Equal Educational Opportunity, Detroit, since 1964. Consultant to National Education Association Conference Family Camping Washington, 1959, educational film Scott Paper Company, Philadelphia, 1963, 64. Summer study skills project Presbyterian Church Board National Missions, Knoxville, Tennessee, since 1965.
National secretary United Neighborhood Centers American, New York City. President Protestant Community Services, Detroit, 1969-1970. Trustee Connecticut Energy Foundation, 1987-1992.
Commissioner Connecticut History Commission, 1986-1996, retired, 1996. Member National Association Colored Women's Clubs (participant White House conference on Children and Youth 1960), African Methodist Episcopal Ministers Wives, Academy Certified Social Workers (honorary), National Association Black Social Workers (honored as founding member 1968), National Trust for History Preservation, Delta Sigma Theta (Delta Dear recognition 1998).
Married Kenneth Johnston, December.28, 1948 (divorced June 1951). Married second, Sylvester J.Echols, June 13, 1954 (divorced 1976). 1 child, Kalu Helene.