Background
Perry, Mary Dean was born on July 3, 1928 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Michael Patrick and Florence Veronica (Costello) Dean.
Perry, Mary Dean was born on July 3, 1928 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Michael Patrick and Florence Veronica (Costello) Dean.
Bachelor of Music, Marywood College, Scranton, 1949. Master of Arts, Marywood College, Scranton, 1953. Postgraduate, New York University.
Postgraduate, Juilliard School. Postgraduate, Temple University. Postgraduate, Eastman School Music.
Postgraduate, Manhattan School Music.
Assistant professor Marywood College, Scranton, 1949-1977. Director music Church of Our Lady of Snows, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, 1949-1975, Church of St. Mary of Mount Carmel, Dunmore, since 1976. Professor piano Clarks Summit, since 1979.
Co-organizer, co-director College Without Walls progressive, Marywood College, 1972, 73. Judge Scranton Philharmonic Orchestra Youth Competition, 1967-1972. Adjudicator Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association Performance Festivals, since 1980.
Member St. Peter's Cathedral Concert committee, Scranton, since 1990. Member American Association of University Professors, American Association of University Women, American Musicol. Society, College Music Society, Marywood College Alumnae Association, Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association, national Music Teachers Association, Kappa Gamma Pi, Delta Epsilon Sigma, Delta Kappa Gamma.
Married George Francis Perry, August 28, 1963.