Margaret A. Halgren

Background

Halgren, Margaret A. was born on November 8, 1925 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Ralph Walter and Lyndall Margaret (Crossan) Halgren.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Wayne State University, 1951.

Career

Topographical draftsman Army Map Service, Detroit, 1944-1945. Display artist S.S. Kresge Company, 1949-1950. Layout artist Research/Information Department-City of Dearborn, 1952-1954.

Private practice layout artist Dearborn, 1975-1979. History guide Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Vill, 1985-1986. Editorial assistant Beach News Newspaper, Clearwater Beach, Florida, 1986.

Art teacher Fairfax (Virginia) County Continuing Education, 1990-1991. Artist-in-residence Clarke County Schools, Berryville, Virginia, 1992-1994, Rappahannock County Schools, Virginia Commission for the Arts, Washington, since 1997. Clothing conservator Dearborn Historical Museum, Michigan, since 2001.

Judge annual outdoor Christmas Lighting Contest, The Dearborn Guide Newspaper, 1953-1955. Judge Annual Children's Art Display, Dearborn (Michigan) Schools, 1976. Judge Marion Park Lewis Foundation awards committee Shenandoah Arts Council, Winchester, Virginia, 1997.

Achievements

• Margaret A. Halgren has been listed as a notable artist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Delaware, representative Dearborn Community Arts Council, 1974-1978. Promotional manager Malanyn for District Judge Campaign, Dearborn, 1976. Board member Shenandoah Arts Council, Winchester, 1997.

Member American Association of University Women (educational grantee 1979-1980, exerps of research public by American Quilt Study Group in Uncoverings 1982), Daughters of the American Revolution (good citizens chair Fort Loudoun chapter Virginia, 1995-1997, 1st place American Heritage Quilt Block contest 1996), American Quilt Study Group (seminar presenter 1982), Virginia Watercolor Society (artist-in-residence, painting teacher, 1st Annual Scholarship award, March 1997), Baltimore Watercolor Society (exhibitor).

Interests

• Avocations: stitchery, genealogy.

Connections

Married Eugene Malanyn, September 22, 1951 (divorced June 1985). Children: Mark Andrew, Patricia Margaret Malanyn Miller. Married Lester Alexander Schlup, Junior, January 20, 1990 (divorced March 1998).

Father:

Ralph Walter Halgren

Mother:

Lyndall Margaret (Crossan) Halgren

Spouse:

Lester Alexander Schlup

Spouse:

Eugene Malanyn

child:

Patricia Margaret Malanyn Miller Halgren

child:

Mark Andrew Halgren