Mary Anne McPherson Oliver

Background

Oliver, Mary Anne McPherson was born on November 21, 1935 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Daughter of James Curtis and Margaret Sinclair (Miller) McPherson.

Education

Bachelor, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1956. Certified, Sorbonne, Paris, 1958. Master of Arts, University Wisconsin, 1959.

Doctor of Philosophy, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, 1972.

Career

Teacher,, 1972-1998; instructor University California, Berkeley, St. Mary's College, Moraga, California, 1973. Adjunct faculty San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, 1977-1981. Lecturer San Jose (California) State University, 1980-1981, San Francisco State University, 1985-1986.

Adjunct professor department liberal arts John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California, 1987-1995. Visiting professor General Theological Seminary, New York City, 1995. Adjunct Graduate Theological Union, 1995-1998.

Achievements

• Mary Anne McPherson Oliver has been listed as a noteworthy Religion educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Republican Alabama Council on Human Relations, Mobile, 1958. Active deanery, convention Good Shepherd Episcopalian Church, Berkeley, California, 1970-1975. Representative University California Foreign Student Hospitality, Berkeley, 1965-1970.

Volunteer teacher Berkeley public schools, 1965-1973. Mentor Education for Ministry, University of the South, 1993-1997. Member American Academy Religion, Conference on Christianity and Literature.

Connections

Married Raymond Davies Oliver, August 28, 1959. Children: Kathryn Sinclair, Nathan McPherson.

Father:

James Curtis McPherson

Mother:

Margaret Sinclair (Miller) McPherson

Spouse:

Raymond Davies Oliver

child:

Nathan McPherson Oliver

child:

Kathryn Sinclair Oliver