Kathryn Loraine Koob

Background

Koob, Kathryn Loraine was born on October 8, 1938 in Independence, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Harold Frederick Koob and Elsie Muriel Woodward.

Education

Bachelor, Wartburg College, 1962. Master of Arts, University Denver, 1968. Master of Arts Religion, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1998.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Gwynedd-Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania, 1981. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Upsala College, 1983.

Career

District parish worker American Lutheran Church, Denver, 1958—1960. Teacher St. Paul's Lutheran School, Waverly, Iowa, 1962—1964, Newton (Iowa) Public Schools, Newton, 1964—1968. Foreign service officer United States Information Agency, Washington, 1969—1996.

Motivational speaker Waverly, Iowa, since 1981. Co-chair National Advisory Board for Communications Arts Department Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, since 2001.

Achievements

• Kathryn Loraine Koob has been listed as a noteworthy religious studies educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Guest of the Revolution

    ("This is not a definitive account of fifty Americans. Rat...)

  • Guest of the Revolution Hardcover - 1982

Membership

President Wartburg Community Symphony Board, Waverly, 2004—2008. Vice chair City of Woverly Airport Commission. Board directors Iowa Division United Nations Association-United States of America, Iowa City, since 1999.

Secretary board directors ASPIRE-Therapeutic Riding Program, Waterloo, 2001—2006. Member of American Association of University Women (Waverly chapter, chapter president since 2009), United States Information Agency Alumni Association (life), American Foreign Service Association (life), Rotary, Delta Kappa Gamma.

Interests

• Travel, opera, reading.

Connections

Father:

Harold Frederick Koob

Mother:

Elsie Muriel Woodward