Background
Blum, Joanne Lee was born on August 30, 1932 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of L. Herbert and Dorothy Ruth (Cimberg) Finkelhor.
associate educator development executive
Blum, Joanne Lee was born on August 30, 1932 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of L. Herbert and Dorothy Ruth (Cimberg) Finkelhor.
Student, University Chicago, 1947—1949. Student, Chatham College, Pittsburgh, 1949—1951. Bachelor, Brandeis University, 1953.
Master of Education, Harvard University, 1954. Postgraduate, University Pittsburgh, 1965.
Teacher, Mount Diablo Unifed School District, Walnut Creek, California, 1954-1955. Assistant director Foreign Policy Association Pittsburgh (now World Affairs Council Pittsburgh), 1955-1957, associate director, 1957-1961, associate producer Focus on World Affairs, 1959-1961;president Pittsburgh International Travel, 1961-1962. Founder, department chairman education Point Park College, Pittsburgh, 1962-1969, director preschool Laboratory Program, 1964-1969, director intermediate level Laboratory School, 1972-1973.
Company-founder, dean San Francisco School Arts, San Anselmo, California, 1976-1978.
Company-owner, director CampsWahconah and Potomac and New England Summer Programs in the Arts, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1978-1982. Development and membership coordinator World Affairs Council of Northern California, San Francisco, 1983-1985.
Private practice devel.cons., California, 1986-1989. Director development Project SEED, Berkeley, California, 1989.
Consultant The Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Francisco, Goodwill Industries Development Office, International Visitors Center, 1985, Development Médecins du Monde, Paris.
Company-founder Pittsburgh Area Preschool Association, 1965. Lecturer Headstart program Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1965. Founding director Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 1965.
Consultant arts program for handicapped children Renaissance Center for Arts, Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1967.
Founding director Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 1965. Consultant, arts program for handicapped children Renaissance Center for Arts, Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1967. Member of Development Executives Roundtable (vice president 1988, president 1989), National Society Fund Raising Executives (secretary 1987), Education Excellence Network, American Education Research Association, Rotary.
Married Arthur Marvin Blum, June14, 1959. Children: Sherry Ruth Blum-Becker, Laurie Jill Blum Glodowski, Katie Jo Blum Berryhill.