Karen Elaine Kotvas

Background

Kotvas, Karen Elaine was born on June 24, 1942 in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Joseph Kotvas and Ida Wilhelmina Gruss.

Education

Bachelor in English, Rutgers University, 1964; Master of Science in Education, University of Pennsylvania, 1965.

Career

Teacher 2d grade, Wrightstown, Pennsylvania, 1964-1965. Teacher 6th grade Rahway, 1965. Teacher 1st grade Westfield, New Jersey, 1966.

Teacher kindergarten Fanwood, 1966-1969. Marketing representative Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1976. Tour guide Fred Harvey, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1969-1970.

Keno salesperson Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1969-1970. Executive director, lobbyist L.E.G.A.L., Trenton, New Jersey, 1976-1990. Tree farmer Valle Crucis, North Carolina, since 1980.

Writer Colonia, New Jersey. Consultant Center for Study and Prevention of Non-Violence, University Colorado, Boulder.

Achievements

• Karen Elaine Kotvas has been listed as a notable screenwriter, tree farmer by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, skiing, hiking.

Connections

Father:

Joseph Kotvas

Mother:

Ida Wilhelmina Gruss