Background
Herrmann, Lorena Joyce was born on February 2, 1925 in Atchison, Kansas, United States. Daughter of William Edward and Mary Magdalena (Hodson) Brown.
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Lorena Joyce Herrmann
Edit ProfileEducation
Diploma in organ and piano, College Emporia, Kansas, 1947. Bachelor of Music Education, College Emporia, Kansas, 1947. Master of Music Education, University Oklahoma, Norman, 1950.
Career
Teacher vocal music, Jefferson Elementary School, Ponca City, Oklahoma, 1947-1949; teacher vocal music, Senior High & Fogarty Junior High, Guthrie, Oklahoma, 1950-1953; from instructor to associate professor music, St. Mary of the Plains College, Dodge City, Kansas, 1968-1992; department chairman music, St. Mary of the Plains College, Dodge City, Kansas, 1990-1992; faculty advisor, St. Mary of the Plains College, Dodge City, Kansas, 1981-1992; retired, 1992. Music director, organist Kansas LWML Convention and Pageant, Dodge City, 1964, 94.
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Membership
Member, officer, former president Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid, Offerle, Kansas, since 1954, president, 2001-2002, treasurer, 2003-2004, assistant secretary-treasurer 2005-2007. Community leader Trenton Workers 4-H Club, Edwards County, Kansas, 1973-1978. Organist 1st Presbyterian Church, Ponca City, 1947-1949, 1st Unitarian Church, Oklahoma City, 1949-1950, Zion Lutheran Church, Offerle, 1956—2009.
Choir director 1st Christian Church, Guthrie, 1950-1953. Adjudicator piano festivals for various towns and schools, Kansas, 1981—2007. Member Music Educators National Conference, Music Teachers National Association, Kansas Music Teachers Association, Kansas Music Educators Association, American Guild Organists, Dodge City Piano Teachers League (president 1986-1987), Dodge City Community Concert Association (board directors, vice president 1993-1994, president 1995-2000), Minerva Study Club (several offices, president 1993-1994), Kansas Author's Club (membership chair 1997-2004), Mu Phi Epsilon (Phi Epsilon chapter delegate national convention 1946, scholar 1947, Scholarship and Achievement award), Phi Delta Kappa.
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Married William Ernest Herrmann, May 31, 1953. Children: Darrell Ernest, Charles Edward, Martha Ellen.
Education
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