Mary Joy Leaper

Background

Leaper, Mary Joy was born on October 28, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Fred G. and Hedwig Julie (Pielemeier) Limper.

Education

Student, Shimer College, 1961-1963; Bachelor in Behavioral Science, Lone Mountain College, 1973; postgraduate, California State University, San Francisco, 1973-1974; postgraduate, Pacific School Religion, Berkeley, California, 1974-1975.

Career

Medical editor department neurosurgery, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, 1973-1974; staff writer, Sierra Club Foundation, San Francisco, 1975; proofreader, editor, U. Arizona Press, Tucson, 1976-1977; freelance writer, editor, since 1977; assistant editor, American West magazine, Tucson, 1980-1982; chief medical editor, Bard Hall Press, Tenafly, New Jersey, 1987; administrative editor, Cliggott Public Company, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1988-1994; production editor, MRA Publications, Greenwich, since 1997. Member adjunct faculty department English Norwalk (Connecticut) Community College, 1988-1990.

Achievements

• Mary Joy Leaper has been listed as a notable Writer, editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer American Friends Svc. Committee, Chicago, 1968-1969, San Francisco, 1972-1975. Volunteer Literacy Volunteers American, 1996.

Clerk San Francisco Friends Meeting, 1973. Member National Audubon Society F C.

Connections

Father:

Fred G. Limper

Mother:

Hedwig Julie (Pielemeier) Limper