Background
Orr, Marlene B. was born on June 28, 1939 in Wichita. Daughter of Bediah Esper and Victoria N. (Farha) Samra.
Orr, Marlene B. was born on June 28, 1939 in Wichita. Daughter of Bediah Esper and Victoria N. (Farha) Samra.
Bachelor cum laude, University Wichita, 1961. Postgraduate in English, University Nebraska, 1961.
Copy editor Journal American Medical Association, Chicago, 1961—1963. Textbook editor Henry Regnery Company, 1963—1964. Manuscript editor University Chicago Press, 1964—1968.
Editorial director Langston, Kitch & Associate, Topeka, 1977—1980. Consultant, assistant treasurer, director marketing committee Ken Orr & Associates, Inc., since 1980. Principal The Ken Orr Institute, since 1988.
Vice president Dance Arts of Topeka, 1982—1983. Secretary Parent-Teachers Association, Topeka, 1975—1976. Member of Women in Communications, Gamma Phi Beta.
Married Kenneth Thomas Orr, December 28, 1963. Children: Kathryn Elisabeth, Paige Marlene.