Joan Karolyn Sargent Sherwood

Background

Sherwood, Joan Karolyn Sargent was born on July 11, 1934 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Daughter of James Wirth and Ann K. (Freeburg) Sargent.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Kansas State University, 1956; Master of Arts, Wichita State University, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kansas, 1978.

Career

Assistant director student finance aid, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1973-1978; assistant vice chancellor/student affairs, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1978-1981; assistant vice chancellor/student affairs, U. Missouri, Kansas City, 1981-1984; vice president student affairs, Western Washington U., Bellingham, 1984-1987; president/owner, Corporation Training Assurance, Kansas City, 1987-1995; career coordinator, Park College, Parkville, Missouri, since 1995. Program chair Phi Delta Kappa, Lawrence, 1983-1984. Initiation chair Phi Kappa Phi, Kansas City, 1983-1984.

Organizer Singles Connection, Kansas City, 1983-1984. Creator SummerStart, Bellingham, 1988-1989.

Achievements

• Joan Karolyn Sargent Sherwood has been listed as a noteworthy Career counselor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Long range planning coordinator Church Redeemer, Kansas City, 1994. Workshop facilitator South Side Junior Chamber of Commerce, Kansas City, 1991. Presenter Centurians, Kansas City, 1982.

Speaker Pi Lambda Theta, 1983. Volunteer, resident manager Hillcrest Ministries, since 1996. Member ASTD, Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: creative writing, reading, films.

Connections

Married Howard Kenneth Sherwood, January 26, 1956 (divorced 1966). Children: Diane Elizabeth, Karolyn Sherwood Krause, David Matthew.

Father:

James Wirth Sargent

Mother:

Ann K. (Freeburg) Sargent

Spouse:

Howard Kenneth Sherwood

child:

David Matthew Sherwood

child:

Karolyn Sherwood Krause Sherwood

child:

Diane Elizabeth Sherwood