John Scott Pember

Background

Pember, John Scott was born on June 3, 1940 in Jackson Heights, New York, United States. Son of Gordon Franklin and Marion Louise (Burt) Pember.

Education

Bachelor, Trenton State College, 1963. Master of Education, Rutgers University, 1979. Postgraduate, Rutgers University, 1988.

Postgraduate, University Virginia, 1987.

Career

Teacher Hammarskjold Junior High School, East Brunswick, New Jersey, 1963-1969, East Brunswick High School, 1969-1994, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1992. Visiting poet Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Morristown, since 1994. Teacher Green Mountain College Academy, Poultney, Vermont, since 2000.

Journalism evaluator Columbia University, New York City, 1993-1994. Member poetry advisory board Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, 1986-1994. Panelist Piscataway (New Jersey) Public television, 1992.

Presenter, consultant in field.

Achievements

• John Scott Pember has been listed as a noteworthy poet by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Rope to the Barn: Poems (White Eagle Coffee Store Press Poetry)

    (This collection of 18 poems won the 1993 White Eagle Coff...)

Membership

Docent Pember Museum Natural History, Granville, New York, since 1996. Member Academy American Poets, American Philatelic Society, Equinox Poetry Society Manchester, Vermont, Poets' House, Kappa Delta Pi.

Interests

• Golf, reading, cinema.

Connections

Married Patricia Ann Farley, November 10, 1965. 1 child, John Scott Junior.

Father:

Gordon Franklin Pember

Mother:

Marion Louise (Burt) Pember

Spouse:

Patricia Ann Farley

child:

John Scott Junior Pember