Background
Walker, Margery Swett was born on April 14, 1926 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Frank Wentworth and Myrtelle Hoover (Rogers) Swett.
Walker, Margery Swett was born on April 14, 1926 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Frank Wentworth and Myrtelle Hoover (Rogers) Swett.
AB with great distinction, Stanford University, 1948. Master of Arts, University Vermont, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, Walden University, 1977.
Co-director community development project. American Friends Service Committee, Lima, 1963-1965. Field faculty member Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont, 1971.
Assistant professor University Vermont, Burlington, 1978. Director central Vermont region Community College of Vermont, Montpelier, 1971-1978. Dean of rural education University Alaska, Anchorage, 1978-1986.
Director Pendle Hill-Quaker Study Center, Wallingford, Pennsylvania, 1986-1991. Board director Kendal at Hanover, New Hampshire, 1993-2000, vice chairman, 1993-1995, acting chairman, 1995-1996, chairman, 1996-1998. Vice president National Council on Cmty.-Based Education, Stockton, California, 1976-1979.
President Vermont/Honduras Ptnrship., Montpelier, 1975-1978. Justice of peace Town of Plainfield, Vermont, 1974-1978. Recording clerk New England Yearly Meeting of Friends, Freeport, Maine, 1972-1975.
Auditor Town of Groton, Vermont, 1996-2001. Member American Friends Service Committee Corporation, 1993-1999, Quaker United Nations Committee, Nobel Peace Prize Nominating Committee, since 1998, clerk, since 1999. Member Cap & Gown, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Alan McNaught Walker, July 10, 1948. Children: Rachel, Lawrence Reddeford, Elizabeth, James Fell, Douglas Rogers.