Joan Corfield Curtis

Background

Curtis, Joan Corfield was born on January 28, 1935 in Tacoma. Daughter of Charles Clyde and Ethel Elvie (Heffron) Curtis.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, U. Washington, 1957.

Career

Teacher home economics, Bothell (Washington) H.S., 1957-1961; foods and nutrition instructor, Shoreline Community College, Seattle, 1963-1967; early childhood coordinator, Clover Park Technology College, Tacoma, 1969-1994. Chairman advisory bbd. Steilacoom (Washington) H.S., 1982-1995.

Achievements

• Joan Corfield Curtis has been listed as a noteworthy college administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member town county Town of Steilacoom, 1976-1981, planning commission, 1972-1976, 84-89, chair urban design committee, 1987-1989, chair history preservation committee, since 1995. President Steilacoom History Museum, 1980-1982, director, 1986-1991, curator, since 1980. Historian Oberlin Congressional Church, since 1985.

Member National Trust for History Preservation.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, gardening, historic research, genealogy, sewing.

Connections

Married Boyd Howard Curtis, December 28, 1958. 1 child, Amy Elizabeth.

Father:

Charles Clyde Curtis

Mother:

Ethel Elvie (Heffron) Curtis

Spouse:

Boyd Howard Curtis

child:

Amy Elizabeth Curtis