Juanita Delores Bird

Background

Bird, Juanita Delores was born on December 6, 1942 in Chattanooga. Daughter of Basil Ivan and Hazel Leona (Hawkins) Bird.

Education

Student, University Mississippi, 1963; Bachelor summa cum laude, Boston University, 1967; Master of Arts, U. Hartford, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Massachusetts, 1978.

Career

7th and 8th grade teacher, Shrewsbury (Massachusetts) Junior High School, 1967-1970; professor, Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, Massachusetts, since 1977.

Achievements

• Juanita Delores Bird has been listed as a noteworthy English educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Emily Dickinson Society, Emerson Society, Thoreau Lyceum, Phi Beta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, wildflowers, carousel horses, travel, mountain climbing.

Connections

Married Joe Keith Carpenter, December 27, 1959 (divorced 1987). 1 child, Frederic Keith.

Father:

Basil Ivan Bird

Mother:

Hazel Leona (Hawkins) Bird

Spouse:

Joe Keith Carpenter

child:

Frederic Keith Bird