Marcia Markowitz Thomas

Background

Thomas, Marcia Markowitz was born on December 2, 1944 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Daughter of Samuel and Davida Shosid Markowitz.

Education

Bachelor, University Missouri, 1968. Master of Arts, University Missouri, 1975.

Career

Library. assistant Kansas City (Missouri) Public Library., 1968—1973. Library director Ruth R. Cleveland Memorial Library., since 1976. Chair institutional review board Cleveland Chiropractic College, Kansas City, Missouri, 1979—1999, professor human biology, since 1996, faculty council president, 1993—1995, 1997—1999, 2001—2003, 2005—2007, since 2009.

Achievements

• Marcia Markowitz Thomas has been listed as a noteworthy library director, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Republican Southtown Neighborhood Council, Kansas City. Campus coordinator United Way Greater Kansas City, since 1999. Board directors Astor Place Homes Association, Kansas City, president, since 2004.

Member task force school governance Kansas City Consensus. Member task force Kansas City Wet Weather Solutions, 2006—2010. Member of American Library Association, Modern Language Association (chiropractic libraries section, chair, program chair, bylaws committee), Chiropractic Library.

Consortium (president, treasurer, secretary), Kansas City Library. Network (treasurer, archivist), Midwest Bioethics Center, Medical Library. Association (section council representative).

Interests

• Bioethics, music, neighborhood advocacy.

Connections

Married Rickard James Thomas, September 1, 1978 (divorced July 1982). Children: Aaron, James. Married John Katchmarik, December 2, 1994.

Father:

Samuel Markowitz

Mother:

Davida Shosid Markowitz

Spouse:

Rickard James Thomas

Spouse:

John Katchmarik

child:

Aaron Thomas

child:

James Thomas