Martha Collins Johnson

Background

Johnson, Martha Collins was born on September 30, 1913 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Fletcher and Elizabeh (Sellers) Collins.

Education

Bachelor, Vassar College, 1935; Master of Arts, Montclair State College, 1974.

Career

Head lower school, Low-Heywood School, Stanford, Connecticut, 1950-1961; head lower school, Bedford (New York)-Rippowam School, 1961-1962; head mistress, Brookside School, Montclair, New Jersey, 1962-1973; learning disabilities consultant, Bridgewater-Raritan School District, Somerville, New Jersey, 1974-1979; private practice in diagnostics, W. Caldwell, New Jersey, 1979-1989; retired, 1989.

Achievements

• Martha Collins Johnson has been listed as a noteworthy Learning disabilities consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors St. Peters Nursery School, Essex Falls, New Jersey, 1975-1980, Project READ, Newark, 1985-1989. Directors Christian education St. Peters Church, 1976-1978(Clark award 1990). Founder, director Senior Tutors in Local Public Schools, Hackettstown, New Jersey, since 1991.

Vice president Resident's Council Heath Village, Hackettstown. Member American Association of University Women, League of Women Voters.

Interests

• Avocations: music, gardening, writing junior high fiction.

Connections

Married Edward A. Bayne, July 6, 1936 (deceased). Children: Elizabeth B. Chaitman, Edward A. Bayne Junior, Sarah C. Bayne. Married W.W. Johnson, December 26, 1951 (deceased 1971).

Father:

Fletcher Collins

Mother:

Elizabeh (Sellers) Collins

Spouse:

Edward A. Bayne

Spouse:

W.W. Johnson

child:

Sarah C. Bayne Johnson

child:

Edward A. Bayne Junior Johnson

child:

Elizabeth B. Chaitman Johnson