Joan Frances Della Penna

Background

Penna, Joan Frances Della was born on January 23, 1941 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Howard Frank and Ellen (McKeon) Blodgett.

Education

Bachelor in Mathematics, U. Massachusetts, 1963; Master of Education in Ednl. Research, Northeastern U., Boston, 1978.

Career

Specialist mathematics, science, microcomputers and adult high school, Minuteman Technology, Lexington, Massachusetts, since 1974. Co-chairman Soviet exchange committee Minuteman Technology, since 1989. Consultant Women's Technology Institute, Boston, 1984, Prindle, Weber & Schmidt, Boston, 1983.

Achievements

• Joan Frances Della Penna has been listed as a noteworthy Secondary educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Judge science fair Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1990. Member National Council Teachers Mathematics Association Teachers Mathematics in Massachusetts, Princeton Association New England (science fair delegate 1990-1992), Princeton Parents Association.

Interests

• Avocations: interior design, reading, writing, logic puzzles, gardening.

Connections

Married Vincent Della Penna Junior, October 5, 1961 (divorced 1974). 1 child, Adrienne.

Father:

Howard Frank Blodgett

Mother:

Ellen (McKeon) Blodgett

Spouse:

Vincent Della Penna Junior

child:

Adrienne Penna