Background
Hewitt, Mary Jane was born on October 31, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Daughter of John H. and Mattie (Simpson) Cyrus.
Hewitt, Mary Jane was born on October 31, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Daughter of John H. and Mattie (Simpson) Cyrus.
Bachelor, University Minnesota, 1947. Master of Arts, University Southern California, 1966. DHD (honorary), International College, Los Angeles, 1979.
Interpreter/translator United States Armed Forces/Europe, Paris, 1953—1955. Assistant then associate program specialist University of California at Los Angeles Extension, 1955—1968. Director special education programs University of California at Los Angeles, 1968—1970.
Assistant then associate professor American studies Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1971—1979. Director Museum African American Art, since 1979. Western regional representative African American Museum Association, since 1984.
Trustee International College, 1979—1981, Immaculate Heart College Center, Los Angeles, since 1983. West Coast board directors Institute International Education, 1972—1975. West coast board directors National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1970—1973.
Fellow: African Studies Association West Indies, Association Study of Afro-American Life and History. Member: Neighbors of Watts (treasurer 1984), American Studies Association, Alpha Kappa Alpha.
Married Winston R. Hewitt, December 19, 1953 (divorced 1969). Married Edward Rubin, December 4, 1976.