Mary Louise Oakes

Background

Oakes, Mary Louise was born on August 2, 1937 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Harry and Hilary (Johnson) Session.

Education

Bachelor of Education in English/Social Studies/Elementary Education, U. Toledo, 1970; Master of Education in Ednl. Psychology, U. Toledo, 1974; Educational Specialist in Administration and Supervision, U. Toledo, 1975; postgraduate, Bowling Green (Ohio) State University, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, Community College U.

Career

With, Toledo Eastern State Hospital, 1957-1963; director, owner, Mary's Kiddie Kollege, Toledo, 1980-1983; director education department, Toledo Mental Health Center, 1981-1984; also principal, teacher supervisor, superintendent-on-call superintendent, Southwest Residential Center for Magnetic Resonance/Doctor of Divinity, Batavia, Ohio., 1984-1985; principal, consultant, Oakes & Association Ednl. Superior vena cava syndrome, Toledo, since 1985; girls' leader, Child Study Institute, Toledo, 1986; various positions, Toledo Public Schools, since 1986. Teacher Larc Lane School, summers 1963-1966.

Coordinator Upward Bound Program Bowling GreenState U., Toledo U., 1973-1974, tech, summer 1974. Instructor Robinson Junior High School, 1979-1980.

Achievements

• Mary Louise Oakes has been listed as a noteworthy Educator, administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member DeVeaux Junior High School Parent-Teachers Association, Riverside (Ohio) Parent-Teachers Association, 1967-1980. Active Ohio Council for Civil Rights, Ohio Civil Rights Commission, Black Elected Democrats of Ohio, Interdenominational Ministers Wives League, Interdenominational Church Ushers Association. Member Ohio Association Adult Educators, American Federation Teachers, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Literacy and Writers Association, Northwest Ohio Writers Forum, Zeta Phi Beta (past finance secretary, treasurer, president), Iota Phi Lambda (past chapter president, assistant no.reg. director, northern regional director, central regional director), Phi Kappa Phi, Lioness Club.

Interests

• Avocations: creative writing, reading, fishing.

Connections

Married Lincoln Harris, June 17, 1960 (divorced April 1980). 1 child, Hilda Mareice. Married William C. Oakes, April 26, 1981.

Father:

Harry Session

Mother:

Hilary (Johnson) Session

Spouse:

Lincoln Harris

Spouse:

William C. Oakes

child:

Hilda Mareice Oakes