Background
Corry, Martha Lucille was born on February 27, 1919 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Thomas Elden and Cecilia Colette (Kilcoyne) Corry.
Corry, Martha Lucille was born on February 27, 1919 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Thomas Elden and Cecilia Colette (Kilcoyne) Corry.
Bachelor, Bachelor of Science in Education, Ohio State University, 1941. Certified, McGill University Geography Summer School, 1948. Master of Arts, University Iowa, 1947.
Doctor of Philosophy in Geography, University Iowa, 1953.
Teacher social studies, high schools, Hartford, Ohio., 1941-1942;
teacher social studies, high schools, Centerville, Ohio., 1942-1944;
critic teacher social studies University High School,, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1944-1948;
research assistant department geography, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1948-1949;
instructor social science, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1949-1951;
member of faculty department geography, State University College, Oneonta, New York, since 1951;
associate professor, State University College, 1953-1959;
professor, State University College, 1959-1985;
professor emeritus, State University College, since 1985;
department chairman geography, State University College, 1970-1983. Cons. social studies Iowa Secondary Curriculum Revision Program, 1946-1947. Comparative education society field study, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1958.
State University New York Faculty senator State University College, Oneonta, 1960-1963. Participant Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics for Geographer, A Traveling Colloquium in Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1967. Participant seminar in Yugoslavian literature State Education Department, 1969-1970.
Seminar U. Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1972.
Member American Association of University Professors (past president local chapter), American Association of University Women (educational foundation program chairperson Venice, Florida board 1989-1992), Association American Geographers (chairman middle states division 1977), Sarasota Institute Lifetime Learning (board directors since 1990, secretary since 1993), Phi Beta Kappa (secretary Sarasota-Manatee chapter 1988-1992), Oneonta Country Club, Capri Isles Golf Club, Pi Lambda Theta, Pi Sigma Alpha, Kappa Delta Pi.