Background
Gaw, Jessie Brewer Mc was born on October 17, 1913 in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Lewis Vernon and Birdie (Basford) Brewer.
Gaw, Jessie Brewer Mc was born on October 17, 1913 in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Lewis Vernon and Birdie (Basford) Brewer.
AB, Duke University, 1935. Master of Arts, Peabody College, 1940. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1948—1950.
Postgraduate, American Academy Rome, 1959.
Teacher Latin Ward Belmont School, Nashville, 1938—1940. Teacher Lausanne School, Memphis, 1940—1942. Associate professor English & Latin University Houston, since 1952.
Board directors Young Women’s Christian Association, 1957—1959, Day Care Association, 1956—1961, Houston Civic Music Association, 1958—1960, Houston Council Human Relations.
Member of American Association of University Women, University Houston Women's Association (president 1967-1968), Texas Institute Letters, League Women Voters, Teachers Foreign Language (treasurer), Houston Council, South Central Modern Language Association, Texas Folklore Society, Museum Fine Arts (associate), University Houston Woman's (president 1954-1955, 1967-1968), Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Kappa Gamma.
Married Howard Franklin McGaw, December 28, 1939 (divorced 1958). Children: Miriam Katherine, Vernon Howard. Married Harold L. Geis Mc Gaw, August 1964 (divorced 1972).
Married George P. Bickford Mc Gaw, May 24, 1986.