Background
Chatfield, Joan was born on October 7, 1932 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Henry Summers and Angela Dorothea (McCahill) Chatfield.
Chatfield, Joan was born on October 7, 1932 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Henry Summers and Angela Dorothea (McCahill) Chatfield.
Bachelor, Manhattanville College, 1956. Master of Arts, University San Francisco, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, 1983.
Secondary school teacher, Catholic School Department, Hawaii., 1956-1972;
director, Maryknoll (New York) Mission Institute, 1974-1978;
executive director, Institute for Religion and Social Change, Honolulu, since 1980;
ecumenical officer, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, 1983-1990;
chair ecumenical commission, Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, since 1983;
dean School Humanities and Fine Arts, Chaminade U. Honolulu, since 1990. President Hawaii Institute for Theological Studies, Honolulu, since 1980. Vice president Western Fellowship for professors of Mission, California, 1989-1992.
Board directors Interfaith Ministries of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1985.
Vice chair City & County Status of Women, Honolulu, 1981-1986. President Project Realize Effective Support Programs for the Elderly through Churches and Temples, Honolulu, since 1983. Board directors Honolulu Theater for Youth, 1983-1988, 91—.
Member American Association of University Women (chair educational foundation program, president 1986-1988), American Society Missiology (president 1984-1986), Rotary.