Joyce J. Schwartz

Background

Joyce Schwartz was born on April 24, 1950, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, into the family of Wallace and Elsie (Gelpi) Rubin.

Education

In 1971 Joyce received Bachelor of Arts at Vassar College.

Career

Joyce started her career in 1972, when she became a laboratory assistant in physiology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, but she worked there only for a year. Since 1976 she is a docent of National Museum of Natural History, but it's not her only occupation. During 1982 - 1984 Joyce served as a science lab instructor at Murch Elementary School, and then taught at Somerset Elementary School in Chevy Chase until 1987.

Since Joyce R. Schwartz holds the position of a substitute science teacher at Sidwell Friends Middle School in Washington. Moreover, she was a mathematics instructor at Business Enterprise. Joyce spends her time also to writing books and articles. She is a contributor to magazines, including Kitchen Bazaar Times and Science Weekly.

Achievements

• Joyce Schwartz is highly famous as the author of successful biographical books "Carl Sagan" and "Fidel Castro."

Works

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• book

  • May Chinn : The Best Medicine (Science Superstars) 1995
  • Eugenie Clark: Adventures of a Shark Scientist 2000
  • Carl Sagan (Biography (A & E)) 2000
  • Fidel Castro (Biography) 2005

Membership

• Vassar Club of Washington

Interests

• cooking, gardening, bicycling

Connections

On June 13, 1970 Joyce married a lawyer Richard E. Schwartz, with whom she has two children: Eric Thomas, and Sara Leslie Schwartz.

Father:

Wallace Rubin

Mother:

Elsie (Gelpi) Rubin

Spouse:

Richard E. Schwartz

Son:

Eric Thomas Schwartz

Daughter:

Sara Leslie Schwartz