Background
Polk-Matthews, Josephine Elsey was born on September 24, 1930 in Roselle, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Charles Carrington and Olive Mae (Bond) Polk.
Polk-Matthews, Josephine Elsey was born on September 24, 1930 in Roselle, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Charles Carrington and Olive Mae (Bond) Polk.
AB, Mount Holyoke College, 1952; credential in occupational therapy, Columbia University, 1954; Master of Arts, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1957; Certified Advanced Study, Harvard University, 1979; Master of Science, Harvard University, 1980; postgraduate, College William & Mary, since 1995.
Occupational therapist, Veterans Administration Hospital., Northport, New York, 1953-1955; occupational therapist, Veterans Administration Hospital., Los Angeles, 1955-1957; health services administrator, John Wesley County Hospital, Los Angeles, 1957-1959; elementary teacher, Los Angeles (California) City Schools, 1959-1960; elementary teacher, Santa Clara (California) Unified School District, 1960-1965, 71-74; assistant professor, School Education, San Jose (California) State University, 1971; assistant principal, Berryessa Union School District, San Jose, California, 1974-1977, 85-86; educational consultant, Boston (Massachusetts) U. School Medicine, 1981-1983; assistant principal, Inglewood (California) Unified School District, 1986-1990; school psychologist, Clark County School District, Las Vegas, 1990-1994; contract school psychologist, Newport News (Virginia) School District, 1995-1996. Medical facility developer Commonwealth Massachusetts, Department Mental Health, Boston, 1980-1981, educational liaison, Roxbury Juvenile Court, 1979.
Commissioner Commission on the Status of Women, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981-1983. Hostess Center for International Visitors, Boston, 1983-1984. Personnel recruiter Los Angeles (California) Olympic Organizing Committee, 1984.
Volunteer tutor Las Vegas (Nevada) Library., 1992. Member American Educational Research Association, International Association Special Education, Council for Exceptional Children, Comparative and International Education Society, Phi Delta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Kappa Delta Pi.
Married Donald Roger Matthews, August 29, 1959 (divorced 1974). Children: John Roger, Alison Olivia. Married William Y. Delaney, September 17, 1994 (divorced 1997).