Mary Crowley Mulvey

Background

Mulvey, Mary Crowley was born on August 17, 1909 in Bangor, Maine, United States. Daughter of Michael J. and Ann Loretta (Higgins) Crowley.

Education

Bachelor, University Maine, 1930. Master of Arts, Brown University, 1953. Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1961.

Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Maine, 1991.

Career

Chairman, Rhode Island Committee on Aging, 1953-1965; director administration on aging, State of Rhode Island, 1960-1963; co-founder, National Council Senior Citizens, 1961; president, National Senior Citizens Edition and Research Center, Washington, since 1963; 1st vice president, National Council Senior Citizens, since 1976; guidance counselor, Providence School Department, 1963-1965; director adult education, City of Providence School Department, 1965-1979; regional progressive representative, Title V, Older Americans Act, National Council Senior Citizens, Washington, 1980-1994. Major role in enactment of Medicare and Older Americans Act, 1950-1965;delegate, advising committee White House Conference on Aging, 1961, 71, 81, 95. Consultant Federal Housing for the Aging, Washington, 1963-1965, member technical review com.Older Americans Act Title IV, 1966-1970.

Instructor preparing retirement, developer women's program U. Rhode Island, 1963-1980. Appointment by President Carter to Federal Council Aging, 1979, president Rhode Island State Council Senior Citizens, 1982-1998. Charter member of advisory board College Arts and Humanities, U. Maine, 1992-1996.

Member various state, national and local committees.

Achievements

• Mary Crowley Mulvey has been listed as a noteworthy association administrator, social services, gerontologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Charter member University Maine Friends of Museum Art, since 1997. Chair senior citizen's rally National Council Senior Citizens, Washington, 1998. Fellow Gerontological Society of America.

Member American Counseling Association, American Association of University Women, American Association Adult and Continuing Education, Harvard University Alumni Association (Alumni award Rhode Island chapter 1986), University Maine Alumni Association, Brown University Alumni Association, Harvard 1920 Club, Charles William Elliot Society (charter), Charles F. Allen Society, Stillwater Society University Maine (charter, Presidential award for achievement), Paul Hamus Society Harvard, Pi Lambda Theta, Delta Delta Delta.

Connections

Married Gordon F. Mulvey, January 25, 1940.

Father:

Michael J. Crowley

Mother:

Ann Loretta (Higgins) Crowley

Spouse:

Gordon F. Mulvey