Joán Adell McGinnis

Background

McGinnis, Joán Adell was born on January 20, 1932 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Roy Hamilton and Sara Zelma (Gorman) Sjöberg.

Education

Bachelor, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 1953.

Career

Special proxies, Sun Life Assurance Company, Montreal, 1952-1953; private secretary, Detroit Trust, 1953-1954; secretary, Methodist Church, Lancaster, California, 1964-1996; teacher, Sunny Hills H.S., Fullerton, California, 1966-1997; contractor, Mission Viejo (California) Sheet Metal, 1980-1981. Department secretary Foreign Language Department Sunny Hills H.S., 1966-1980, department chair, 1987-1989. International baccalaureate examiner in Spanish, since 1991, French, since 1992.

Advanced placement examiner in Spanish, since 1990, Internet tutorer, since 1998.

Achievements

• Joán Adell McGinnis has been listed as a noteworthy secondary school educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association Teachers Spanish and Portuguese, Modern Classical Language Association California, Foreign Language Association Orange County (Experimental Teacher of Orange County award 1994), American Women's Organisation.

Interests

• Avocations: languages, music, drama.

Connections

Married Richard H. Edwards, August 6, 1954 (divorced 1965). Married George William McGinnis, December 29, 1966 (deceased April 1994).

Father:

Roy Hamilton Sjöberg

Mother:

Sara Zelma (Gorman) Sjöberg

Spouse:

George William McGinnis

Spouse:

Richard H. Edwards