Mary Ann Mulligan-Pinkney

Background

Mulligan-Pinkney, Mary Ann was born on August 9, 1927 in Louisville. Daughter of John Thomas and Mattie (Spalding) Mulligan.

Education

Student, Joliet Junior College Bachelor in English, French, Kentucky State University, 1949; postgraduate, Prairie State College, 1985-1988; certified in child development, Bank St. College Education, 1986.

Career

Teacher, Durham Elementary School, Campbellsville, Kentucky, 1949-1951; teacher, United States Army Education Center, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1955-1956, 61-63, 67-68; teacher, American Schools, Gelnhausen, Germany, 1957-1959; teacher, Christ The King School, Louisville, 1966-1967; teacher, United States Army Education Center, Nellingen, Germany, 1969; teacher, United States Army Education Center, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1970-1971; teacher, director, After School Program, Joliet, Illinois, 1979-1985; teacher, Head Start Program, Joliet, Illinois, 1979-1988; director head start, Head Start Program, Joliet, Illinois, 1990-1991; board directors, Child Care Development, Inc., Joliet, 1988-1989; education coordinator, CCDI, Joliet, 1989-1990. Board directors Prairie State College Child Development. Presenter, consultant in field.

Achievements

• Mary Ann Mulligan-Pinkney has been listed as a noteworthy secondary school educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer Share Foods, Joliet, 1986. Member Council Catholic Women, Joliet. President religious commission Sacred Heart Church.

Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (executive member local chapter, scholarship committee, chairperson annual banquet award), Illinois Child Care Worker's Association, National Association Young Child, National Head Start Association, Joliet Education Young Child Association, Child Welfare Association, Writer's Institute for Children, Phi Theta Kappa Honorary Society of Community and Junior Colleges (national), Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Connections

Married Thaddeus Ethedoris Pinkney, August 26, 1950 (deceased July 1983). Children: Thaddeus II, Roderick, Karen.

Father:

John Thomas Mulligan

Mother:

Mattie (Spalding) Mulligan

Spouse:

Thaddeus Ethedoris Pinkney

child:

Thaddeus II Mulligan-Pinkney

child:

Karen Mulligan-Pinkney

child:

Roderick Mulligan-Pinkney