Background
Auten, Janet Sue Houck was born on July 23, 1935 in Baldwin, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of John and Connie Marie (Dickson) Houck.
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Janet Sue Houck Auten
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science, Appalachian State Teachers College, 1956; Master of Arts, Appalachian State Teachers College, 1960.
Career
Business education teacher, Wilkes Control High School, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, 1956-1957; business education teacher, Holbrook High School, Lowell, North Carolina, 1957-1958; secretary to service manager, Buick Motor Division, General Motors, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1958-1959; business education teacher, Sacred Heart Junior College, Belmont, North Carolina, 1960-1961; executive secretary, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1961-1963; secretary, bookkeeper, Watauga County Board Education, Boone, North Carolina, 1963-1965; business education methods instructor, Appalachian State University, Boone, 1969-1979; business education teacher, Watauga High School, Boone, since 1965. Member National Policies Commision on Business and Economics Education, 1983-1986. Member business education department advising committee Caldwell Community College and Technology Institute, Hudson, North Carolina, 1992-1993.
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Member Boone Parks and Recreation Commission, Town of Boone, 1966-1969, North Carolina Advisory Council on Vocational Education, State of North Carolina, 1973-1979. Member Dukakis '88 National Business Council Founders, North Carolina, 1988. Life member Friends of the WataugaCounty Library., Boone.
Member National Education Association (state business education department chair 1971-1972), American Vocational Association (state president 1985-1986), National Association Classroom Educators of Business Education (pres.1992-1994), National Bus Education Association (state president 1978-1979, State Member of Year 1982), International Association Computer Information Systems, Business and Professional Women's Clubs (local president 1978-1980, state secretary 1986-1987, state area vice president 1987-1988, Local Woman of Year 1979), Southern Appalachian History Association, Delta Kappa Gamma.
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Married Franklin Oliver Auten, August 24, 1957.
