Josephine L. Redenius Baker

Background

Baker, Josephine L. Redenius was born on August 31, 1920 in Oceanville, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Jacob and Josephine (Palmer) Redenius.

Education

Student, Columbia University, 1948-1949; Student, Long Island U., 1957-1958; Student, George Washington University, 1947-1948; graduate, United States Army Industrial College, 1962; Master of Arts in Journalism, American U., 1963; Doctor of Humane Letters, Temple University, 1964; Master of Arts in Religious Studies, St. Charles Seminary, 1981; Master of Divinity., Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1984; D Ministry, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1990.

Career

Enlisted as private, WAAC, 1943; advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Army, 1963; colonel, Pennsylvania National Guard, 1967; intelligence officer atomic installations throughout United States and Canada, 1943-1953; assistant office chief of staff, Army Forces Far East, Japan, 1953-1956; public information officer, Office Chief of Information, Washington, 1958-1961; chief Women's Army Corps recruiting, United States Army, 1962-1966; United States Army Command info liaison officer, United States Army, 1966-1967; retired, United States Army, 1967; director public relations and development, Valley Forge Military Academy and College, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 1967-1971; board of trustees, Valley Forge Military Academy and College, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 1970-1979, 93-; chair personnel and benefits, Valley Forge Military Academy and College, Wayne, Pennsylvania, since 1993; president St. Cornelius the Centurian Chapel, Valley Forge Military Academy and Junior College, Wayne, Pennsylvania, since 1976; life president, Valley Forge Military Academy and Junior College, Wayne, Pennsylvania, 1997. President Potential Inc., Ardmore, Pennsylvania, 1979-1983, Intercounty Trading Company, Inc., Surfside, Florida, 1976-1980. With missionary Women to Women Federation Mission to Northern China, 1993.

Achievements

• Josephine L. Redenius Baker has been listed as a noteworthy company executive, public relations, career officer, civic leader, minister by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Deacon All Souls' Episcopal Church, Miami Beach, Florida, 1987-1993. Board directors Valley Forge Freedom Valley district Girl Scouts American, Republican Womenof Pennsylvania, Opera Guild of Miami. Director St. Anne's Home for Women, Philadelphia.

Vice president Episcopal Church Women, Diocese of Pennsylvania, 1982-1984. President Episcopal Women, Diocese of S.E. Florida, 1990-1993, member Executive Board, 1990-1993. Board directors Duncan Conference Ctr, 1990-1993, Delray Beach, Florida.

Doctor of ministry All Saints Episcopal Church, Norristown, Pennsylvania, 1993-1997. Member American Association of University Women, Public Rels. Society American, American Personnel and Guidance Association, Am.Coll.

Personnel Association, National Vocational Guidance Association, American School Counselors Association, Pennsylvania Medical Missionary Society (director 1983-1989), American Legion Auxiliary, Retired Officers Association (Vice-President Valley Forge chapter since 1993), Association United States Army (Anthony J. Drexel Biddle medal 1968), Army-Navy Union, Association Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, American Legion, La Boutique Des Hult Chapeaux et Quarante Femmes, Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania, Women in Communications, Society of St. Francis (3d order), Retired Officers Association (district vice president, since 1993), Military Order World Wars, Miami Heart Institute Auxiliary, Miami Heart Institutional Review Board, Surf Club, Bald Peak Colony Club, Miami Beach Women's Club, Miami Beach Garden Club (chaplain), St. David's Golf Club, AcornClub. F C.

Connections

Father:

Jacob Redenius

Mother:

Josephine (Palmer) Redenius