Background
Thompson, LaVerne Elizabeth Thomas was born on July 17, 1945 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Roscoe Lee and Mary Elizabeth (Blackwell) Thomas (deceased).
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LaVerne Elizabeth Thomas Thompson
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor in English, Bluffton College, 1967; Master of Science in Ednl. Administration/Supervision, U. Dayton, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Higher Education, U. Toledo, 1991.
Career
Teacher English and speech, Piqua (Ohio) Control H.S., 1967-1968;
instructor, Lima (Ohio) Senior H.S., 1968-1977;
instructor, Shawnee H.S., Lima, 1977-1986;
graduate assistant, U. Toledo, 1986-1991;
interim counselor, administrator student support services, U. Toledo, 1989;
interim administrative assistant multicultural student development, U. Toledo, 1990;
director urban teacher program, Wayne County Community College, Detroit, since 1991. Real estate agent Alberta Lee Realty, Lima, Ohio, 1978-1982, Slonaker Realty, Lima, 1982-1984, Gooding Company, Lima, 1985-1990. Substitute English teacher, Maumee (Ohio) City Schools, 1996.
Adjunct Professor, academic coordinator alternative education Spring Arbor College, Lambertville, Michigan, 1995-1996. ReviewerEisenhower Grants for Higher Education, Michigan Department Education, 1997, 98.
Achievements
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Board of directors Lima Young Women’s Christian Association, 1971. Co-chair Brotherhood Dinner Senior H.S., Lima, 1976. Participant 17th annual National Conference on Citizenship, Washington, 1962.
Member Virginia Association New Homemakers American (state president 1962, national president 1963), All God's Children Collectors' Club, Belleek Collectors' International Society, Sarah's Attic Forever Friends Collectors' Club.
