Background
Colson, Kirby Lewis was born on July 25, 1945 in Dublin.
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Kirby Lewis Colson
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Bachelor, Brenau University, Gainsville, Georgia, 1963—1967. Graduate school, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1967—1968. Graduate of Preparatory Department, The Peabody Conservatory of Music of John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Doctor of Medicine, 1957—1962.
Career
Piano teacher, Wilmette and Highland Park, Illinois, 1976—1993, Self Employed, St. Louis, since 1993. Regional director The Worth Collection, New York, New York. Divisional sales manager for Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, The Carlisle Collection, Limited, 1994—1997.
Judge North Shore Music Teachers Association, Winnetka (Chicago's North Shore), Illinois, 1977—1993. Professional member Fashion Group International, New York (St. Louis Chapter), New York, since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Board member and actress North Shore Community Theater, Wilmette, Illinois, 1979—1984. Member St. Louis Music Teachers Association, St. Louis, 1993—2003. Capital Campaign Steering Committee The Junior League of St. Louis, 1993—1995.
Board of Regents St. Louis University, 1993—1999. Co-chair of housing committee. Guild board Opera Theater of St. Louis, 1998—2002.
Vestry, choir soloist, delegate to Chicago diocesan convention. Director youth music progressive. Trinity Episcopal Church, Highland Park, Illinois, 1983—1993.
Chalice bearer and lay reader, licensed by the bishop of mo, diocesan delegate, vestry, stewardship committee - St. Michael and St. George. First vice president (education) The Women's Society of Washington University, St. Louis, since 2003. Founded Project Prairie Rose Junior League of Evanston, North Shore, Evanston, Illinois, 1986—1987.
Marketing director of An Architectural Album. Chicago's North Shore Junior League of Evanston. North Shore, Missouri, 1977—1993.
Judge for piano competitions and syllabus exams North Shore Music Teachers Association, Winnetka, Illinois, 1977—1993. Chair of concert for Children with Special Needs. Chair of fund raising gala, co-chair - international string competition, co-chair - Rotogravure.
St. Louis Symphony Volunteer Association, St. Louis, 1993—2001. Member at large of executive board The Women's Society of Washington University, 2000—2003. Member, marketing chair, chair of opening night gala The Ravinia Women's Board, Chicago, 1991—2002.
Community vice president, founded task force for Headquarters, marketing director, chair-history preservation, Opera in Classroom chair, appraisal ch Junior League of Evanston, North Shore, Evanston, 1979—1993. Member The Fortnightly of Chicago, Chicago. Member of The Women's Society of Washington University (life.
See above), The Fortnightly of Chicago (associate), Mu Phi Epsilon, Delta Delta Delta.
Interests
Connections
Daughter of Iris Keene Robertson and Kirby Romulus Lewis, Jack Barker Robertson (Stepfather). Married Oliver Kirby Colson, III, January 27, 1968. Children: Heather Ewing, Tierney Stutz, Eliza Lewis.
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Irish American -
Religion
Episcopalian
Education
Awards
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Recipient Volunteer of the Year, The Junior League of Evanston. North Shore, 1989 - 1990, The Aerobic Woman of the Year, The Missouri Athletic Club, 1996. Scholar A. Paige Reed Memorial Scholarship, The Peabody Conservatory of Music of John Hopkins University. Prep department, 1959 - 1962.Recipient Volunteer of the Year, The Junior League of Evanston. North Shore, 1989 - 1990, The Aerobic Woman of the Year, The Missouri Athletic Club, 1996. Scholar A. Paige Reed Memorial Scholarship, The Peabody Conservatory of Music of John Hopkins University.
Prep department, 1959 - 1962.