Margaretta Bushnell Sander

Background

Sander, Margaretta Bushnell was born on May 13, 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Robert Alfred Sander and Margaretta Hinckle (Yount) Brown.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, University Rhode Island, 1974. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1979.

Career

Grant administrator, St. Louis County Community Development Office, 1980-1981; director, Pennypacker Mills History Site, Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, 1982-1990; assistant director, American Association for State & Local History, Philadelphia, since 1990.

Achievements

• Margaretta Bushnell Sander has been listed as a noteworthy Historical site administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Welsh Valley Preservation Society, Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, since 1987. Board of directors, member finance committee Kimberton (Pennsylvania) Waldorf School, since 1987. Founding member Rural History Cooperative, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, since 1983.

Member Mid-Atlantic Association Museum, American Association State and Local History, Perkiomen Valley Watershed Association, Museum Council Delaware Valley.

Interests

• Avocations: horseback riding, gardening, swimming, knitting, cooking.

Connections

Married Brinkley M. Messick, June 10, 1974 (divorced 1981). 1 child, Robert Tyler. Married David Michael Foss.

1 child, Margaretta Bushnell.

Father:

Robert Alfred Sander Brown

Mother:

Margaretta Hinckle (Yount) Brown

Spouse:

David Michael Foss

Spouse:

Brinkley M. Messick

child:

Robert Tyler Sander

child:

Margaretta Bushnell Sander