Background
Poe, Lydia Virginia was born on January 19, 1932 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Harold Waldemar and Lydia Beatrice (Doswell) Lind.
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Lydia Virginia Poe
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Bachelor, Beloit College, 1954. Master of Education, University Southwestern Louisiana, 1961. Educational Specialist, University Southwestern Louisiana, 1972.
Doctor of Education, University Southern Mississippi, 1983.
Career
Elementary teacher, Caroline Brevard School, Tallahassee, 1961-1964;
supervising teacher, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1962-1964;
elementary, supervising teacher, Hamilton Laboratory School, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1965-1967;
professor reading, U. Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, since 1968;
head Department Curriculum and Instruction, U. Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, 1986-1991;
associate director Hawthorne Center Special Edition and communicative disorders, U. Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, since 1988. Co-originator field experiences U. Southwestern Louisiana, since 1970. Observer in elementary school Ecole de Charlemagne, Nancy, France, 1967.
Consultant Lafayette Parish Schools, since 1968.
Achievements
Membership
Organizer Conference on Women in Politics, Lafayette, 1976 (recipient scholarship 1974). Treasurer State of Louisiana European Research Area United, 1977. Organizer, president First Lutheran Church Day Care Center, Lafayette, 1977-1980.
Chair quality education services Lafayette Parish Year Round Schools Study Committee. Member Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, International Reading Association, American Reading Association, College Reading Association, American Association of University Women, (fellowship contribution 1976), United Federation College Teachers, National Association Year Round Education, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Pi, Beta Sigma Phi.
Connections
Married Harold Weller Poe, September 11, 1954. Children: Michael Lind, David Harold, Timothy Claude.
