Background
Grann-O'Brien, Marcia Judith was born on November 27, 1940 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Carl Herbert and Olga Charlotte (Josephson) Grann.
Grann-O'Brien, Marcia Judith was born on November 27, 1940 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Daughter of Carl Herbert and Olga Charlotte (Josephson) Grann.
Student, Colegio Cervantes, Guadalajara, Mexico, 1960; student, University Rhode Island, 1967-1968; Bachelor cum laude, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1962.
Managing editor, The Three Village Herald, E. Setauket, New York, 1970-1975; editor, public, The Village Times, E. Setauket, New York, 1976-1979; editor, Amnesty International/United States of America Publs., New York City, 1980-1984; freelance journalist, since 1984; editor, Suffolk County News, Sayville, New York, 1987-1989; director economics development, Islip Township, New York, since 1990. Adjunct Professor John Jay College Criminal Justice, New York City, 1984-1985. Lay minister Lutheran Church, Stony Brook, New York, since 1977.
Chairman Suffolk County Sheriff's Advisory Committee, 1986-1988. Board directors Amnesty International, since 1988, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, since 1986. Member steering committee National Interreligious Task Force on Criminal Justice, since 1987.
Member advisory board Long Island Development Corporation. Member advisory board Hofstra University Entrepreneurship Program on Women and Minotiries, 1991. Member New York Press Association, National Newspaper Association, Long Island Press Club, Society Professional Journalists.
Married LeRoy L. Schwen, June 29, 1963. Children: Colin Jeffrey, Gavin Daniel, Vanessa Leah.