Background
Thomson, Marjorie Belle Anderson was born on December 4, 1921 in Topeka. Daughter of Roy John and Bessie Margaret (Knarr) Anderson.
Thomson, Marjorie Belle Anderson was born on December 4, 1921 in Topeka. Daughter of Roy John and Bessie Margaret (Knarr) Anderson.
Diploma hostess, Trans World Airlines, 1945. Diploma, U.Saltillo, Mexico, 1945. Bachelor of Science, Butler University, 1957.
Master of Science, Fort Hays Kansas State University, 1966. Postgraduate, University California, Santa Barbara, 1968. Postgraduate, Kansas State University, 1973.
Postgraduate, Kansas University, 1973.
Technology library North America Aviation, Dallas, 1944-1945. Flight attendant Trans World Airlines, Kansas City, Missouri, 1945-1950. Recreation director United States Government, Fort Carson, Colorado, 1951-1952.
Elementary teacher Indianapolis Public Schools, 1954-1957. Junior high teacher Cheyenne County Schools, Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, 1958-1959. Elementary teacher Sherman County Schools, Goodland, Kansas, 1961-1962.
Lecturer California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, 1967-1969. Instructor Fort Hays Kansas State University, 1969-1971. Director HeadStart Kansas Council of Agricultural Workers and Low Income Families, Inc., Goodland, 1971-1972.
Supervisor United States Government Manpower Development Programs, Plainville, Kansas, 1972-1974. Bilingual counselor Kansas Department Human Resources, Goodland, 1975-1982. Leader trainee Experiment in International Living, Brattleboro, Vermont, 1967-1971.
Consultant M. Anderson & Company, Lakewood, Colorado, since 1982. Participant International Peace Walk, Moscow to Archangel, Russia, 1991, North America Conference on Ecology and the Soviet Save Peace and Nature Ecological Collective, Russia, 1992, Liberators-The Holocaust Awareness Institute, Denver, 1992. Ambassador international Friendship Force, Tiblisi, Republic of Georgia, 1991, Republic South Africa, 1995, Republic of Turkey, 1996, Republic of Egypt, 1999, Republic of Israel-Kfar Blum Kibbutz, 1999, Republic of Austria, 1999.
Presenter State Convention American Association of University Women, Aurora, Colorado, 1992, presenter national convention American Academy Audiology, Denver, 1992. Consultant Governor's Conference in Library and Information Service, Vail, Colorado, 1992. Presenter annual conference National Emergency Number 911 Association, Denver, 1996.
Docent Colorado Gallery of the Arts, Littleton, 1989. Speaker International Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc., since 1990, member state recreation resource committee for Self Help for Hard of Hearing People International Convention, Denver, 1991. Member Denver Deaf and Hard of Hearing Access Committee, since 1991.
Speaker Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Denver, since 1992. Director Holiday Project, Denver, 1992. Member Lakewood Access Committee, since 1994, Arvada Center's Women's Voices committee, 1995.
Participant women readers committee Rocky Mountain News, Denver, 1995. Trustee International Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, 1995-1998. Deaf Panel speaker for Deaf Awareness Week, Denver, 1995-1998.
Program co-chair Lakewood Woman's Club, 1996, 97. Member access advisory committee Arvada Center for Arts and Humanities, 1997. Commissioner Denver Commission for People with Disabilities, 1997-1998.
Member Colorado State Rehabilitation Advisory Council, since 1997, 98, Governor's Advisory Council for People with Disabilities, since 1998. Member Lakewood Citizen Police Academy XIX, 1999. Participant Funding Assistive Technology: Where to Turn in Colorado and When, Denver, 1999, Senior Transportation Summit, Denver, 2000.
Member program committee Wisdom Keepers, Lakewood, 1999-2000. Participant Aurora 5 States Assistive Technology Conference for Disabled, 1999-2000. Member Colorado State Senior Drug Abuse Task Force, 2000-2002.
Appointed member Lakewood Senior Citizen's Advisory Commission, since 2000. Member of PHAMALy, United Nations Educational, AARP (president Denver-Grandview chapter 1994), Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary (life), American Association of University Women (life. Vice president, program chairperson Lakewood branch 1996, diversity committee Colorado 1997-1998, Trailblazer award Denver branch 1997), Business and Professional Women's Club (committee for Mississippi Golden Business and Professional Woman of Year 1999), Sociologists for Women in Society (participant Gullah Culture, Charleston, South Carolina 1997), Toastmasters, International Peace Walkers, Spellbinders, National Mustang Association, Trans World Airlines International Clipped Wings (certified), Mile High Wings, Confederate Air Force (honorary colonel), Sons of Norway, Lakewood Woman's Club, Denver Press Club (Wheat Ridge Grange # 155 1993-1998), Order Eastern Star (life), Pi Gamma Mu, Alpha Sigma Alpha (life.
Participant Centennial Convention, Alumni Star).
Married John Whitner Thomson, January 4, 1952 (divorced June 9, 1963). 1 child, John Coe.