Background
Gaar, Marilyn Audrey Wiegraffe was born on September 22, 1946 in St. Louis. Daughter of Arthur and Marjorie Estelle (Miller) W.
educator political scientist property manager
Gaar, Marilyn Audrey Wiegraffe was born on September 22, 1946 in St. Louis. Daughter of Arthur and Marjorie Estelle (Miller) W.
AB, Indiana University, 1968. Master of Arts, Indiana University, 1970. Master of Science, Indiana University, 1973.
Member faculty Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, 1971—1973, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas, since 1973. Visiting scholar Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Russia, 2003. Interviewer fellowship candidates Fulbright Hayes Teacher Exchange, Kansas City, Missouri, 1982—1992.
Member state selection committee Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Program, Kansas, 1985. President faculty delegate Kansas Association CCs, 1984—1985. Governor's appointee, admissions interviewer, member selection panel School Medicine University Kansas, 1991—1995, member admissions criteria and admissions process review committee, 1992.
President League of Women Voters Johnson County, 1987—1989, producer candidates forum, member governing board, 1993—1995. Member Johnson County Elder Net Coalition, 1988. Member governing board Johnson County Mental Health Center, 1981—1986, chairman, 1985—1986.
Volunteer, translator Russian Refugee Resettlement Program of Jewish Family and Children Services, Kansas City, 1979—1981. Treasurer Heart of America, Japan American Society, 1979. Honorary director Rockhurst College, Kansas City.
Secretary Central Slavic Conference, 2000—2005. Alternate member Republican State Committee, Kansas, 1984—1986. Chairman Republican City Committee, Shawnee, 1982—1986.
Program chairman Kansas Federation Republican Women, 1984—1987. Board directors Substance Abuse Center, Johnson County, 1983—1985, Huntington Farms Homes Association, Leawood, Kansas, 1984—1987, International Relations Council, Kansas City, 2001—2004. Member of Central Association Russian Teachers American (board directors 2003-2004, Teaching Excellence award 2010), Association Russian and American Historians (secretary 1998-1999), International Relations Council Kansas City (executive committee 2001-2003, governing board 2001-2004), Kansas Political Science Association, Community College Humanities Association, Russian and American International Studies Association (secretary since 1999, since 2000), Nelson-Atkins Museum Arts Society Fellows, People to People, Phi Beta Kappa, Dobro Slovo National Slavic Honor Society, Phi Sigma Alpha.
Married Norman E. Gaar, April 12, 1986.