Mary Donai Buesing

Background

Buesing, Mary Donai was born on March 2, 1931 in Des Moines. Daughter of Seymour Marvin and Ann (Madison) Donai.

Education

Bachelor in Journalism, University Iowa, 1954.

Career

Assistant managing editor, Construction Equipment News, Chicago, 1954-1955; promotion junior executive, Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, 1955-1963; superintendent, Heart of Illinois Fair, Peoria, 1979; executive director, Peoria Area Arts and Sciences Council, since 1982.

Membership

Member Peoria County Art Committee, 1991, Peoria Planning Task Force, since 1989. Representative State of Illinois Capital Development Board, Springfield, since 1989. Member governing board Community Foundation, Peoria, since 1988.

Candidate for county auditor Peoria County, 1989. Member American Library Association, Public Relations Association, National Society Fund-Raising Executives, Women in Communications, Inc., National Association Local Arts Agencies, American Council Arts, Young Women’s Christian Association (Edythe Cohen Business award 1985).

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, cycling, cooking, reading.

Connections

Married Merrill Walter Buesing, May 20, 1961. Children: Ann-Marie, Mark.

Father:

Seymour Marvin Donai

Mother:

Ann (Madison) Donai

Spouse:

Merrill Walter Buesing

child:

Mark Buesing

child:

Ann-Marie Buesing