Marilyn Louise Neitzert Risnes

Background

Risnes, Marilyn Louise Neitzert was born on March 22, 1935 in Huron, South Dakot. Daughter of Herman and Lillian Julia (Delvaux) Neitzert.

Education

Bachelor, St. Cloud U., 1963; Master of Arts, St. Mary's College, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy in clinical hypnotherapy, American Institute Hypnotherapy, 1989; postgraduate, Hamline U.

Career

Waitress, Bar Harbor Supper Club, Brainerd, Minnesota, 1952-1955; teacher, District 31 Rural Schools, Owatonna, Minnesota, 1954-1957; teacher, Elizabeth Gardner School, Mound, Minnesota, 1957-1959; teacher, Special District Northern 1, Minneapolis, 1968-1989; teacher gifted and talented students, Special District Northern 1, since 1989. Sales representative Stanley Home Products, Minneapolis, 1962-1964, World Book Encyclopedia, Minneapolis, since 1988. Psychotherapist International Transactional Analysis Institute, Minneapolis, 1974-1976.

Front desk clerk Tyrol Motor Inn, Estes Park, Colorado, 1987. Assistant teacher Baldwin Girls School, Bangalore, India, 1980. Consultant Personal Dynamics Institute, Performax Systems International, Youth Development Institute, Minneapolis, 1980-1987.

Achievements

• Certified elementary teacher, hypnotherapist.

Membership

Den mother Boy Scouts American, Minneapolis, 1970-1973. Volunteer life enhancement counselor, Minnesota Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome project, 1989-1990. Certified Laubach reading instructor Minnesota Adult Literacy Project.

Member National Education Association International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy Association, International Graphoanalysis Society, Minnesota Education Association, Minneapolis Education Association, CMEA (board directors, secretary since 1990), Minnesota Federation Teachers (union representative), Mental Health Association ofMinn., Educators Social Responsibility, American Civil Liberties Union, Women Against Military Madness, Americans for Legal Reform, Peace with Justice Center American, ASCD, Womenin Education, National Board for Hypnotherapy and Hypnotic Anesthesiology.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, collecting jewelry and gemstones, dancing, fishing, acting.

Connections

Married Lawrence Martin Risnes Junior, June 6, 1959 (divorced November 1975). Children: Bruce Douglas, Wayne LeRoy, Gloria Lynn.

Father:

Herman Neitzert

Mother:

Lillian Julia (Delvaux) Neitzert

Spouse:

Lawrence Martin Risnes Junior

child:

Bruce Douglas Risnes

child:

Gloria Lynn Risnes

child:

Wayne LeRoy Risnes