Background
Kahao, Mary Jane was born on July 17, 1924 in Shanghai, China. Daughter of William Anthony Fly and Edythe Clarice Redmond.
Kahao, Mary Jane was born on July 17, 1924 in Shanghai, China. Daughter of William Anthony Fly and Edythe Clarice Redmond.
Bachelor in Music, Newcomb College, 1945. Master of Science in Library. Science, Louisiana State University, 1964.
Master of Arts in Children's Literature, Simmons College, 1982.
School music teacher Louisiana State Board Education. Music teacher West Baton Rouge Parish Schools, Port Allen, Louisiana, 1951—1952, Holy Family Elementary School, Port Allen, 1951—1952. Payroll clerk Allendale Plantation, 1957—1963.
Student worker Louisiana State University Library., Baton Rouge, 1953—1954, reference library humanities division, 1964—1973, head Graduate School Library and Information Science Library., 1973—1982. Retired, 1982.
Chairman Modisette awards committee Louisiana Library. Association, 1964—1969. Chairman Louisiana State University Library.
Staff Association, Baton Rouge, 1965. President Baton Rouge Symphony Auxiliary, 1958—1959, Junior Leage Baton Rouge, 1959—1960. Secretary Friends of Louisiana State University Library., 1967—1979, board member, 1979—1992, president, 1986—1988.
Board member Mistress W. Carruth Jones Foundation for Blind & Physically Handicapped, since 1998. Member of Edward Howell Family Association (president 1991-1995), W. Baton Rouge History Society, Beta Phi Mu International Honorary Library.
Married Kenneth Hanson Kahao, June 6, 1945. Children: Martin J. III, Kenneth H. Junior, Eve Redmond K. Gonzalez, Roger W.