Background
Pettigrew, L. Eudora was born on March 1, 1928 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Warren Cicero and Corrye Lee (Newell) Williams.
Pettigrew, L. Eudora was born on March 1, 1928 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Warren Cicero and Corrye Lee (Newell) Williams.
Bachelor of Music, West Virginia State College, 1950. Master of Arts, Southern Illinois University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University, 1966.
Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, University Pretoria, South Africa, 2002. Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, Holy Family College, 2002. Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, Western Connecticut State University, 2004.
Music/English instructor, Swift Memorial Junior College, Rogersville, Tennessee, 1950-1951;
music instructor, librarian, Western Kentucky Vocational School, Paducah, 1951-1952;
music/English instructor, Voorhees College, Denmark, South Carolina., 1954-1955;
director music and recreation therapy, W.Ky. State Psychiatric Hospital, Hopkinsville, 1956-1961;
research fellow, Rehabilitation Institute, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1961-1963;
instructor, resident counselor, Rehabilitation Institute, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1963-1966;
coordinator undergraduate educational psychology, Rehabilitation Institute, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1963-1966;
acting chairman educational psychology, teacher corps instructor, Rehabilitation Institute, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale, 1966;
assistant professor to associate professor department psychology, U. Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1966-1970;
professor, department chairman urban and metropolitan studies College Urban Development, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1974-1980;
associate provost, professor, U. Delaware, Newark, 1981-1986;
president, State University of New York College at Old Westbury, 1986-1998. Consultant for research and evaluation Hall Neighborhood House Day Care Training Project, Bridgeport, 1966-1968, United States Eastern Regional Laboratory, Education Development Center, Newton, Massachusetts, 1967-1969.
Coordinator for education development, 1968-1969. Consultant Bridgeport Public Schools language development project, 1967-1968, 70. Lansing Model Cities Agency, Day Care Program, 1971.
U. Pittsburgh, 1973, 74, Leadership Program, University of Michigan and Wayne State University, 1975, Wayne County Public Health Nurses Association, 1976, Illinois State Board Education, 1976-1977. Associate professor of University Bridgeport, 1970, Center for Urban Affairs and College of Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1970-1973. Trustee Long Island Community Foundation.
Program development specialist Lansing Public Schools Teacher Corps program, 1971-1973. Coordinator workshop Conflict Resolution the Woman's Role in Our World,4th International IAUP/United Nations Conference, Beijing, China, 1995. Lecturer in field; conductor workshops in field.
Member of advisory committee Economists Allied for Arms Reduction, 1996. Guest speaker International Conference on The New Role of Higher Education in the Context of an Indiana Palestinian State, An-Najah National U., Nablus, Palestine, 1996.
Member Commission U. Peace, Costa Rica. Board directors U. Pretoria (South Africa) Foundation. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Association Academy Affairs Adminstrs., International Association University.Pres.
(Executive Committee, chair commission disarmament education, conflict resolution & peace), Phi Delta Kappa.
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Children: Peter W. Woodard, Jonathan R. (deceased).