Joanne Mary Sharpe

Background

Sharpe, Joanne Mary was born on June 21, 1944 in Pasadena, California, United States. Daughter of John Gilbert and Jeanne Newell (Berry) Sharpe.

Education

Bachelor, U. Houston, 1966; Master in Regional Planning, U. Massachusetts, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Georgia, 1988.

Career

Office manager, Friends of the Earth, Washington, 1971; graduate research assistant department forestry, U. Georgia, Athens, 1974-1975; management consultant, Price Waterhouse, New York City, 1975-1980; teaching assistant botany Department, University Georgia, Athens, 1982-1988; research technician, USDA Forest Svc., Washington, 1975; vice president education division, National Audubon Society, New York City, 1980-1982; instructor undergraduate field courses, School for Field Studies, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1986, 87; field director Center for Rainforest Studies, School for Field Studies, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1989; research assistant agronomy and range science department, University of California, Davis, 1987-1988; consultant, Sharplex Superior vena cava syndrome, Dresden, since 1990; executive director, Maine Association Conservation Communications, Dresden, 1991-1992.

Achievements

• Joanne Mary Sharpe has been listed as a noteworthy Botanist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Little Cumberland Island Homeowners Association, Georgia, 1976-1988, chairman audit committee, 1976-1977, chairman long range planning committee, 1981-1983, chairman science and research committee, 1989-1990. Board of trustees Georgia Conservancy, Atlanta, 1982-1988. President Botany Graduate Student Association, U. Georgia, 1983-1984.

Secretary Dresden Conservation Commission, 1990-1993. Secretary Backroad Quilters Guild, West Gardiner, Maine, 1991-1992, chairman volunteer hostesses Maine Quilts, 1993. Member International Association Pteridologists, World Wildlife Fund, American Fern Society, Association Tropical Biology, Botanical Society American, Ecological Society American, British Pteridological Society, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society, Josselyn Botanical Club, Nature Conservancy, New England Botanical Club, Torrey Botanical Club.

Interests

• Avocations: quilting, traveling.

Connections

Married Robert A. Sheldon, 1965 (deceased 1970). Married Thomas K. Worthington, 1972 (divorced 1982). Married HenryW. Minot III, 1988.

Father:

John Gilbert Sharpe

Mother:

Jeanne Newell (Berry) Sharpe

Spouse:

Thomas K. Worthington

Spouse:

HenryW. Minot III

Spouse:

Robert A. Sheldon