Mary Alice Scovel

Background

Scovel, Mary Alice was born on January 28, 1936 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Carl Edward and Alice Bertha (Bieri) Sennema.

Education

Bachelor of Music, Western Michigan U., 1969; Master of Music, Michigan State University, 1975.

Career

Assistant professor music, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, 1969-1975; instructor, U. Dayton (Ohio), 1975-1978; instructor, Muskegon (Michigan) Community College, 1978-1980; intern director, Battle Creek (Michigan) Adventist Hospital, 1980-1984; professor music therapy, Western Michigan U., Kalamazoo, 1984-1995; owner, private practice, Health Harmonics, Lowell, Arkansas, since 1997. Consultant Pre-school Physically Handicapped, Wyoming, Michigan, 1974, Doris Klausen Development Center, Battle Creek, 1985-1986. Music therapist, sound practitioner and trainer, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1995-1997.

Private practice health harmonics, since 1997. Chairman Multi-clinic, Kalamazoo, 1988-1989.

Achievements

• Mary Alice Scovel has been listed as a noteworthy Music therapy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lay delegate United Methodist Church, Albion, Michigan, 1991. Member National Association Music Therapy (delegate), National Association Mental Illness, Great Lakes Region Music Therapy (past president), Michigan Music Therapists, American Association of University Women, Pi Delta Alpha, Pi Kappa Lambda.

Connections

Married Ward Norman Scovel, July 7, 1956. Children: Marcia, Katherine.

Father:

Carl Edward Sennema

Mother:

Alice Bertha (Bieri) Sennema

Spouse:

Ward Norman Scovel

child:

Katherine Scovel

child:

Marcia Scovel