Jonathan Collieson Tetherly

Background

Tetherly, Jonathan Collieson was born on November 12, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Edgar Osborne and Margaret Rena (Collieson) Tetherly.

Education

Bachelor of Science cum laude, University New Hampshire, 1966. Master of Science, University Minnesota, 1971. Master of Divinity, Andover Newton Theological School, 1974.

Career

Instructor biology Assumption College, Richardton, North Dakota, 1968-1971. Minister Congressional United Church of Christ and United Church Christ, Willsboro and Wadhams, New York, 1974-1979, Federated Church, Chicopee, Massachusetts, 1979-1990. Community minister Council of Churches of Greater Springfield, 1990.

Chaplain Hampden County Sheriff's Department and Correctional Center, Ludlow, since 1988. Substitute teacher Springfield, West Springfield, South Hadley, Holyoke, and Ludlow public schools, since 1990. Member Council for Mission Outreach and Social Responsibility, Massachusetts Conference United Church of Christ, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1983-1987, founder, chair Criminal Justice Task Force, Massachusetts Conference United Church of Christ, 1987-1990.

Chair Hampden Association United Church of Christ missions, Hampden County, Massachusetts, 1981-1987, 89-96. Steward United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1459, since 1999. Founder, president Chicopee Emergency Food and Furl.

Achievements

• Jonathan Collieson Tetherly has been listed as a noteworthy Chaplain, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Champlain Valley Housing Association, Pt. Henry, New York, 1975-1979. Member-at-large Chicopee School Committee, 1986-1991.

Representative Ward 5 Chicopee School committee, since 2000. Advisory board Title XX, Elizabethtown, New York, 1976-1979. Legislation committee Massachusetts Association School Committees, Boston, 1990-1991, since 2001.

Board directors Union Community Fund Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty, since 1982. Track and field official, Western Massachusetts, 1993^. Assistant coach boys' track and field team Minnechang Regl.

High School, 2003; co-founder, president, Chicopee Emergency Food and Fuel, 1980-1986. Member Massachusetts Association Professional Substitute Teachers (president), Chicopee Clergy Association, Greater Springfield Harriers, Arise for Social Justice, Critical Resistance.

Interests

• Avocations: track, distance running, making maple syrup.

Connections

Married Katsuyo Handa, November 4, 1972. Children: Christine Yuriko Tetherly-Lewis, Naomi Collieson.

Father:

Edgar Osborne Tetherly

Mother:

Margaret Rena (Collieson) Tetherly

Spouse:

Katsuyo Handa

child:

Naomi Collieson Tetherly

child:

Christine Yuriko Tetherly-Lewis Tetherly