Background
Johnston, Margaret Schuster was born on July 17, 1927 in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Carl Ephraim and Agnes Ryder Schuster.
Johnston, Margaret Schuster was born on July 17, 1927 in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Carl Ephraim and Agnes Ryder Schuster.
Bachelor in Secretarial Science, Oregon State College, Corvallis, 1950. Master of Arts in Spanish, University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1974. Postgraduate, Oslo University, Norway, 1974—1975.
Postgraduate, University of the South, 1984—1988.
Secretary Open Forum Speakers Bureau, Boston, 1950—1952, Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1952—1953. Public stenographer Boston, 1952—1953. Spanish teacher Tandem School, Charlottesville, 1979—1983.
Retired
Accompanist Corvallis Men's Chorus.
Board directors Tuesday Evening Concert Series, 1971—1974, 1977—1979. Volunteer Piedmont Environmental Council, 1989. Member Save the Children, Natural Resources Defense Council, American Red Cross, United Way, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Alzheimer's Association, American Brain Tumor Association, National Trust History Preservation, National Women's History Museum.
Board directors, library chairman, member council Greenbrier Elementary School Parent-Teachers Association, 1963—1967. Volunteer Opportunity Shop, University League, 1960—1970. Active Senior Center, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Election officer Batesville, 1989—1995. Member Cooperative American, Focus Women's Resource Center, Conductor's Circuit, Charlottesville Symphony, Friends of Ash Lawn-Highland, Virginia Farm Bureau, Center for Science in Public Interest, Community Idea Stations. Sunday school teacher, member vestry, various committees Episcopal Church.
Member of American Association of University Women, University Virginia Alumni Association, American Association Retired Persons, Paramount Theater (associate), Retired Faculty Association, Belleek Collectors Society, University Virginia Club Charlottesville, Colonnade Club (emeritus member), University Virginia Women's Club, Club Hispanoamericano (co-founder), Wednesday Music Club (co-founder Piano Group I), Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club.
Married Lee Robert Johnston, August 20, 1949 (deceased 1998). Children: Laurie Anne(deceased), Caryn Lee Johnston Leahy, Lee Robert Junior.