Judith Decherd Jones

Background

Jones, Judith Decherd was born on September 28, 1943 in Modesto, California, United States. Daughter of David Eugene and Jeanne Patricia (Salmon) Decherd.

Education

Bachelor in Biology, Stanford (California) U., 1965; Master of Arts in Teaching, Stanford (California) U., 1966; postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1968-1982; postgraduate, U. North Carolina, 1985-1989.

Career

Teacher biology, Churchill Area High School, Pittsburgh, 1966-1967; teacher biology, Culver City (California) High School, 1967-1970; teacher biology and chemistry, Chapel Hill (North Carolina) High School, 1984-1988; teacher biology, Chapel Hill (North Carolina) High School, since 1989; regional teacher recruiter, North Carolina Department Public Instruction, Raleigh, 1988-1989; Kaiser-Permanente chair in mathematics and science, Chapel Hill (North Carolina) High School, since 1993.

Achievements

• Judith Decherd Jones has been listed as a noteworthy Educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary Chapel Hill-Carrboro Parent-Teachers Association Council, Chapel Hill, 1985-1986. Co-president Chapel Hill High School Parent-Teachers Association, 1986-1988. President Estes Hills Elementary Parent-Teachers Association, Chapel Hill, 1984-1985.

Member ASCD, NSTA, National Association Biology Teachers (Outstanding Biology Teacher.award 1995), South Carolina. Science Teachers Association, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Association Educators (co-president 1989-1991), Phi Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: raising reptiles, birds, rodents, reading, computers.

Connections

Married J. Morgan Jones, August 6, 1966. Children: David Morgan, Laura Kathleen, Adam Kenneth.

Father:

David Eugene Decherd

Mother:

Jeanne Patricia (Salmon) Decherd

Spouse:

J. Morgan Jones

child:

David Morgan Jones

child:

Adam Kenneth Jones

child:

Laura Kathleen Jones