Background
Echols, Marjorie Smith was born on February 10, 1941 in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Elmo Fernie and Macie Gordon (Mann) Smith.
Echols, Marjorie Smith was born on February 10, 1941 in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Elmo Fernie and Macie Gordon (Mann) Smith.
Diploma in nursing, Highsmith Rainey Memorial Hospital, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1962. Bachelor, Western Connecticut State University, 1980. Postgraduate, Long Island University, 1982.
Postgraduate, California Coast University, 1991.
Staff nurse Intensive Care Unit and medical-surgical unit, Danbury (Connecticut) Hospital, 1963-1964;
staff nurse newborn and Intensive Care Unit nursery charge nurse, Danbury (Connecticut) Hospital, 1972-1974;
psychiatric nurse clinician crisis intervention, Danbury (Connecticut) Hospital, 1986;
nurse and family planning counselor, Planned parenthood Clinic, Danbury, 1967-1968;
nurse, receptionist, laboratory assistant, bookkeeper, secretary, Pediatric Associations, Danbury, 1969-1980;
nurse examiner, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Hamden, Connecticut, 1974-1975;
school nurse, Wooster School, Danbury, 1976;
office nurse, Hanahoe Clinic, Danbury, 1978;
staff nurse, counselor, Edo House, Newtown, Connecticut, 1981-1983;
head nurse, Housatonic Adolescent Hospital, Newtown, 1983-1985;
nursing supervisor, counselor, River Glen Nursing Home, South Britain, Connecticut, 1987;
nursing supervisor, Danbury Pavillion, 1988-1989;
nursing supervisor, Wilton (Connecticut) Meadows Health Care, 1990-1991;
nurse therapist National Center for Post Traumatic Stress, West Haven (Connecticut) Veterans Administration Hospital., 1990-1996;
nursing supervisor, Cornerstone of Eagle Hill, Sandy Hook, Connecticut, since 1996. Camp nurse Green Knoll Day Camp, Brookfield, Connecticut, summer 1968, CampFire Girls Summer Camp, 1973. Co-founder Downtown Gallery, 1980-1982.
Founder Artmobile-The Gallery on Wheels, 1982. Founder, advisor, teacher, art restorer and appraiser The Art Store (later Nutmeg Art Center, then The Art Center), since 1985. Psychiatric nurse reviewer Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Westport and Norwalk Connecticut, 1988.
Teacher art, therapist New Fairfield (Connecticut) School Sys., 1988-1989. Teacher Waterbury (Connecticut) Nurses Registry, 1989-1990. Teacher retail business mathematics School Fashion Design, Stamford, Connecticut, 1980.
Manager showhome Showhomes American, Westport, since 1990. Managing representative Excel, Dallas, since 1997. Board directors, vice chairman, chairman Danbury Visiting Nurse Association, 1970-1978.
Board directors, chairman juried show Richter Association for Arts, Danbury, 1976-1982. Chairman Feindon-Dick Garden installation, United JewishCtr., Danbury, 1980-1981.
Member West Connecticut 100, Danbury, since 1980. Member Danbury Commission on Aging, 1976-1978. Teras., vice president, president Hadassah, Danbury, 1965-1970.
Chairman United Jewish Appeal, Danbury, 1971. Member Danbury Junior Service League, 1967-1973, Habitat for Humanity. Member National Association of Female Executives, American Mental Health Counselors Association, National Museum for Women in Arts (associate), National Acrylic Painters Association United Kingdom, National Women's Caucus for Arts, Connecticut Women's Caucus for Arts, Still River Artists Association (president 1992-1993).
Married Robert L. Rubin, September 2, 1962 (divorced 1981). Children: Linda Diane, David Morris, Kenneth Allen. Married Douglas Echols, November 25, 1985 (separated).