Background
Greenawalt, Martha Sloan was born on September 8, 1906 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Herbert Elias and Louella Sloan (Dye) Greenawalt.
Greenawalt, Martha Sloan was born on September 8, 1906 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Herbert Elias and Louella Sloan (Dye) Greenawalt.
AB, Wilson College, 1928. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1929. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Mercy College, 1985.
Teacher Berkeley Institute, Brooklyn, 1929—1933. President Westchester Council Women's College Clubs, 1952—1953. Member housing research committee.
Member board Westchester Council Social Agencies. Chairman Greenburgh Urban Renewal Commission, 1961—1975. Member board Westchester Citizens Committee National Council on Crime & Delinquency, 1975—1982.
Member committee for constitutional reform, 2d regional plan committee. Member board directors Regional Plan Association. Regional Plan Association Westchester Alliance Juvenile and Criminal Justice, since 1980.
Co-chairman, 1984—1985. Member National Advisory Committee on Comprehensive Health Planning, 1972—1974. Member advisory board Greenburgh Neighborhood Health Center, since 1974.
Board directors Westchester County Urban League, 1957—1962. Vice president United Way of Westchester, 1979—1981. Executive committee Women of Westchester.
Chairman Westchester Women's Council, 1981—1983. Board directors Child Care Council Westchester, Women's Advisory Board Westchester County. Member citizens advisory panel Tri-State Regional Planning Commission.
Advisory council Women's Center. Member Social Services Community Advisory Council, 1979—1981. Vice chairman Legal Awareness for Westchester, 1981—1983, chairman, 1983—1989.
Vice chair Westchester 2000, 1983—1986. Board directors, since 1986, Housing Action Council, since 1988. Member of National Organization of Women (director Central Westchester chapter 1973-1978), League of Women Voters (president Greenburgh 1953-1956, president Westchester County 1957-1959, president New York 1963-1967, member national board 1968-1974, president tri-state metropolitan area 1981-1985, board directors since 1985, chair New York Campaign for a Capital Move since 1988, trustee Overseas Education Fund, chair Westchester human needs committee), Wilson College Alumnae Association (director 1979-1982, Distinguished Alumnae award 1988), Scarsdale-Hartsdale United Nations Association.
Married Kenneth William Greenawalt, September 3, 1929. Children: William Sloan, Robert Kent, Ann Cornell, Kim Chandler.