Leonore McCrystle Bravo

Background

Bravo, Leonore McCrystle was born on July 14, 1914 in Vallejo, California, United States. Daughter of Arthur Bernard and Geraldine Marie (Winslow) McCrystle.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, San Francisco State University, 1934. Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1947. M.Ignacio Bravo-Caro, August 2, 1939.

Career

Indian schools in Nevada and California, 1937-1940. Teacher, administrator Schools.in California, 1940-1947. Head psychologist Sacramento County schools, 1948-1951.

Teacher San Francisco secondary schools, 1953-1962.

Assistant principal Indio (California) High School, 1962-1963. Psychologist Oakland (California) public schools,1963-1972, consultant, since 1972.

Lecturer San Francisco Community College District, 1975-1987. Executive secretary Tamalpais Conservation Club, 1974-1977, board directors, 1974-1988.

Public member California Cling Peach Processors Advisory Board, 1975-1979;manager honeybee exhibit San Francisco Flower Show, since 1979.

Participant Biennial International Congresses of Apiculture, 1979. National Science Foundation fellow, 1957, 59-62. Scholar intergroup relations Stanford University National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1959.

FellowOAS, 1970.

Achievements

• Leonore McCrystle Bravo has been listed as a noteworthy biologist, psychologist, conservationist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Executive secretary Tamalpais Conservation Club, 1974—1977, board directors, 1974—1988. Public member California Cling Peach Processors Advisory Board, 1975—1979. Manager honeybee exhibit San Francisco Flower Show, from 1979.

Participant Biennial International Congresses Apiculture, from 1979. Member of American Civil Liberties Union, Consumers Cooperative Berkeley, San Francisco State University Alumni Association, California Native Plant Society, Wilderness Society, United Nations Association, Friends of Earth, American Friends Service Committee, Tamalpais Conservation Club (vice president 1984, president 1986), San Francisco Women Peace, San Francisco Democratic Women's Forum (director 1978-1981, vice president 1979), California State Beekeepers Association, American Beekeeping Federation, California Wilderness Coalition, Amnesty International, Common Cause, Women's International League Peace and Freedom, San Francisco Beekeepers Association (founder 1976, executive secretary 1977-1979, president 1978), People Preservation Natural & Wild Bay Area Open Space (founder, president 1977), Western Apicultural Society (charter), California School Psychologists Association, California Academy of Sciences, California Teachers Association, California Psychological Associations, InterAm, University California Alumni Association (life), Save Redwoods League (life).

Connections

Married Ignacio Bravo-Caro Bravo, August 2, 1939. Children: Nacho E., Michael A.

Father:

Arthur Bernard McCrystle

Mother:

Geraldine Marie (Winslow) McCrystle

Spouse:

Ignacio Bravo-Caro Bravo

child:

Michael A. Bravo

child:

Nacho E. Bravo