Loretta Ann Harper Jividen

Background

Jividen, Loretta Ann Harper was born on January 30, 1939 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Murry Deane and Marie Frances (Allison) Harper.

Education

Bachelor in Sociology, North Carolina State University, 1970; Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, North Carolina State University, 1979.

Career

Teacher, Our Lady of Lourdes, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1970-1972; teacher, Wake County Public School System, Raleigh, 1972-1987; supervisor Academically Gifted Program, Wake County Public School System, Raleigh, 1987-1990; teacher, Wake County Public School System, Raleigh, 1990-1992; mathematics, computer specialist, Wake County Public School System, Raleigh, since 1992. Member steering committee NCNet Day 96. Board directors Durant Road Elementary School Foundation, Inc.

Achievements

• Loretta Ann Harper Jividen has been listed as a noteworthy Secondary school educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member state employees' credit union advising committee for the biennium, 1996-1998. Board directors ExplorNet, North Carolina. Member National Education Association, Council for Exceptional Children, North Carolina Association for the Gifted (president elect 1988-1990, president 1991-1993), North Carolina Association School Adminstrs., Parents for Advancement of Gifted Education (past vice president, past board directors), National Association Gifted Children, National Council Teachers Mathematics North Carolina Association for the Gifted and Talented (Teacher of Year award 1984), Professional Educators North Carolina, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (past president, past coordinating county president).

Interests

• Avocations: piano, reading, computer programming, painting, sewing.

Connections

Married Gay Melton Jividen, January 30, 1959. Children: Jon David, Ann Marie.

Father:

Murry Deane Harper

Mother:

Marie Frances (Allison) Harper

Spouse:

Gay Melton Jividen

child:

Jon David Jividen

child:

Ann Marie Jividen