Background
Worden, Katharine Cole was born on May 4, 1925 in New York City. Daughter of Philip Gillette and Katharine (Pyle) Cole.
Worden, Katharine Cole was born on May 4, 1925 in New York City. Daughter of Philip Gillette and Katharine (Pyle) Cole.
Student Potters School, Tucson, 1940-1942, Sarah Lawrence College, 1942-1944.
Sculptor; works exhibited Royce Galleries, Galerie Francoise Besnard (Paris), Cooling Gallery (London), Galerie Schumacher (Munich), Selected Artists Gallery, New York City, The Art Institute of Chicago Boston, Reid Gallery, Nashville, Weiner Gallery, New York City, Boston Athanaeum, House of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria, 1983, NewportBay Club, 1984. Director Stride Rite Corporation, 1980-1985. Director Cambridgeport Problem Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1971.
Occupational therapist psychopathic ward Los Angeles County General Hospital, 1953-1957. Headstart volunteer, Watts, California, 1965-1967. Teacher sculpture Watts Towers Art Center, 1967-1969.
Participant White House Women Doers Luncheon meeting, 1968. Director Cambridgeport Problem Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1971. Member Judicial Nominating Commission, 1976-1979.
Board overseers Boston Museum Fine Arts, 1980-1983. Board governors Newport Seamens Church Institute, 1989-1991. Tustee Communications Research, Miami, Florida, 1960-1969, chairman board, 1966-1969.
Trustee Newport Art Museum, 1984-1986, 92-94, Jamestown Community Theatre, 1994-1997, 99-2005, 06-08, Newport Health Foundation, 1986-1991, Hawthorne Sea Fund, 1990-1993. Board directors Boston Center for Arts, 1976-1980, Child and Family Services Newport County, 1983-1997, 99-2005, 06—. Member National Committee for the Performing Arts, 2006-2007.
Member Common Cause (Mass advisory board 1971-1972, director 1974-1975), Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union (executive board 1973-1974, director 1976-1977).
Married Frederic G. Worden, January 8, 1944. Children: Rick, Dwight, Philip, Barbara, Katharine.