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educational administrator

Margaret Alice Trimble Bannister, American educational administrator. Certified teacher University Missouri, St. Louis, 1969. Member of Soroptimists International (charter member N. St. Louis County chapter, past member board stewards, youth council), National School Public Relations Association (officer Greater St. Louis chapter 1969-1971, 1973-1974), Women in Communications (vice president St. Louis chapter 1983-1984).

Background

Bannister, Margaret Alice Trimble was born on December 15, 1924 in Oklahoma City. Daughter of Clyde Waldrop and Mary Melissa (Murray) Trimble.

Education

Bachelor in Journalism, University Oklahoma, 1945. Postgraduate, University Washington, 1973.

Career

Reporter Alva (Oklahoma) Review-Courier, 1945—1946, Clinton Oklahoma Daily News, 1946—1947. Public relations assistant University Oklahoma, Norman, 1947—1951. Editorial assistant Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Fort Worth, 1951—1953.

Coordinator community relations Berkeley Missouri School District (merged with and name changed to Ferguson School District ), 1968—1972, director community relations, 1973—1981. Public relations director Young Women’s Christian Association Metropolitan St. Louis, since 1984.

Achievements

  • Margaret Alice Trimble Bannister has been listed as a noteworthy educational administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Soroptimists International (charter member N. St. Louis County chapter, past member board stewards, youth council), National School Public Relations Association (officer Greater St. Louis chapter 1969-1971, 1973-1974), Women in Communications (vice president St. Louis chapter 1983-1984).

Connections

Married Lawrence R. Bannister, January 18, 1947 (divorced 1968). Children: Karen, Barbara Jean, Sally Annual.

Father:
Clyde Waldrop Trimble

Mother:
Mary Melissa (Murray) Trimble

Spouse:
Lawrence R. Bannister

child:
Barbara Jean Bannister

child:
Karen Bannister

child:
Sally Annual Bannister