Marjorie Rose Russell

Background

Russell, Marjorie Rose was born on September 3, 1925 in Welcome, Minnesota, United States. Daughter of Emil Frederick and Ella Magdalene (Sothman) Wohlenhaus.

Education

Student, Northwestern School, Minneapolis, 1944-1945; student, St. Paul Bible Institute, 1946-1947.

Career

Cook, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1943-1945; maintenance person, U. Farm Campus/N.W. Schools, St. Paul, 1945-1946; clerk, Kresge Corporation, Minneapolis, 1945; cook, waitress, manager, Union City Mission Bible Camp, Minneapolis, 1944-1947; caterer for vice president, Great Northern R.R., St. Paul, 1947; custodian, Old Soldiers Home, St. Paul, 1946; nurse, Sister Elizabeth Kenney Polio Hospital, St. Paul, 1946; seamstress, Hirsch, Weis, White Stag, Pendleton, Mayfair, Portland, Oregon, 1960-1972; owner, operator, contract manager, creative designer, The Brass Needle, Portland, since 1972. Contractor Forrester's Sanderson Safety, Scotsco, Nero & Associations, Gara Gear, Portland, since 1972, Columbia Sportswear. Teacher Indo Chinese Cultural Center, Portland, 1982.

Manufacturer of protective chaps and vests for thePacific Northwest hogging industry.

Achievements

• Marjorie Rose Russell has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary Model Cities Committee, Portland, 1969. Committee member Neighborhood Black Christmas Parade, Portland, 1970. Custume designer Local Miss Junior Black Beauty Contest, Portland, 1973.

Nominating committee National Contract Management Association, Portland, 1978. Member nominating committee Multi-Cultural Senior Advisory Committee, 1988-1991. Member National Association of Female Executives, Urban League, Urban League Guild (historian 1991-1992), American Association Retired Persons, National Contract Management Association.

Interests

• Avocations: music, swimming, painting, gardening, arts.

Connections

Married Kenneth Kollmann Russell, September 15, 1947 (divorced May 1973). Children: Jennie Rose, Richard Lowell, Laura Eloise, James Wesley.

Father:

Emil Frederick Wohlenhaus

Mother:

Ella Magdalene (Sothman) Wohlenhaus

Spouse:

Kenneth Kollmann Russell

child:

Laura Eloise Russell

child:

Richard Lowell Russell

child:

James Wesley Russell

child:

Jennie Rose Russell