Magdalene Neuenschwander Becker

Background

Becker, Magdalene Neuenschwander was born on September 5, 1915 in Beaverdam, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Walter and Viola Etta (Gratz) Neuenschwander.

Education

Bachelor, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, 1954. Master of Education in Guidance and Counseling, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, 1971. Postgraduate in English, University Pittsburgh, 1965.

Career

Teacher public speaking, New Castle (Pennsylvania) Senior High School, 1954-1961; teacher advanced English, Butler (Pennsylvania) Area Senior High School, 1961-1977; with Learning Center, Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska., 1977-1979; cataloger, reference librarian, Lees College, Jackson, Kentucky, 1979-1983; coordinator conference center, Cook Christian Training School, Tempe, Arizona, 1983-1985; tutor, Armstrong-Indiana County Intermediate Unit, Indiana, Pennsylvania, 1985-1992; tutor English as Second Language, Lakeland, Florida, 1992-1994. Evaluator Mid-Atlantic School Examiners, 1966. Examiner National Council Teachers of English, 1964-1976.

Achievements

• Magdalene Neuenschwander Becker has been listed as a noteworthy English language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Teacher Sunday School, Presbyterian Church, 1940-1999, deacon, elder, since 1985, vice moderator women's gathering, 1993-1995. Board directors Group Homes, Indiana, 1986-1989. Volunteer in nursing home, 1985-1992, 1997-2002.

Secretary Council of Florida Presbyterian Homes, 1996-1998, Lake Hunter Choral Group, 1992-2000. Member National Education Association, Pennsylvania State Education Association, Indiana County Education Association, American Association of University Women (president Indiana branch 1988-1990, executive vice president 1986-1988).

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, walking, reading, painting, singing.

Connections

Married Homer Gerald Becker, August 18, 1935. 1 child, Rachel Etta.

Father:

Walter Neuenschwander

Mother:

Viola Etta (Gratz) Neuenschwander

Spouse:

Homer Gerald Becker

child:

Rachel Etta Becker