Mary Ann Merrill

Background

Merrill, Mary Ann was born on August 25, 1950 in Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Lawrence Dale and Mary Hisle (Gowin) Pyle.

Education

Associate of Arts, Miami-Jacobs College, Dayton, Ohio, 1970; Bachelor of Science in Sociology with honors, Wright State University, Dayton, 1980; Master of Science in Education, Indiana U., Fort Wayne, 1984.

Career

Contract negotiator, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, 1976-1978; administrative assistant College Business, Wright State University, 1978-1980; director sponsored research, Indiana U.-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, 1980-1985; preschooling teacher, First School, Centerville, Ohio., since 1989. Tutor mathematics Wilbur Wright Middle School, Dayton, 1990. Member of faculty Be Wise Mathematics Science Camp Wooster, Ohio, 1990, administrative staff Be Wise Mathematics Science Camp Muskingum College, summers, 1991, 92, Denison U., summer 1993, 94, 95, 96.

Achievements

• Mary Ann Merrill has been listed as a noteworthy Preschool education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member-at-large Executive Committee Miami Valley Teen Pregnancy-Parenting-Prevention Coalition, Dayton, 1987-1990. Volunteer Philharmonic Women's Association, Dayton, 1987, 89, 91, 93. Board directors Friends of Ballet, Dayton, 1989-1991, volunteer young audience program, 1994, Natural History Museum, Dayton, Executive Committee, 1996, chairman special events, by-laws committee, sunwatch committee, since 1991, chair, 1994, 95, 96, chairman by-laws, 1993, active, 1994.

Assistant chairman advanced.planning Junior League Dayton, 1986-1987, chairman county implementation, 1987-1988, project coordinator, 1988-1989, chairman membership development, 1989-1990, community vice president, board directors, 1990-1991, sustaining representative, membership development, 1995-1996, fundraising chairman, board directors New Friends Club, Dayton, 1987-1988. Member American Association of University Women (board directors, vice president membership Dayton 1987-1989, chairman bylaws 1990-1992, president 1996-1997, 97-98), Indiana U. Alumni Association, Wright State University Alumni Association, Pi Lambda Theta, Alpha Kappa Delta.

Interests

• Avocations: dancing, organic gardening, crafts, environmental issues, sports.

Connections

Married Gregory John Merrill, December 30, 1976. Children: Griffin Jennings, Hannah Winfield.

Father:

Lawrence Dale Pyle

Mother:

Mary Hisle (Gowin) Pyle

Spouse:

Gregory John Merrill

child:

Griffin Jennings Merrill

child:

Hannah Winfield Merrill