Background
Hawkes, Mary Newgeon was born on June 27, 1934 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Arrived in the United States, 1937. Daughter of William Emory and Jessie Newgeon Hawkes.
Hawkes, Mary Newgeon was born on June 27, 1934 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Arrived in the United States, 1937. Daughter of William Emory and Jessie Newgeon Hawkes.
Bachelor of Arts in Music, Doane College, 1956. Master of Arts in Religious Education, Hartford Seminary, 1958. Doctor of Education in Religious Education, Columbia University Teachers College/Union Theological Seminary, 1983.
Director Christian education United Churches of Christ, Middletown and Hartford, Connecticut, 1958—1967. Ecumenical church worker German Protestant Church, Hamburg/Berlin, 1967—1969. Director Christian education United Churches of Christ, Connecticut, New York, and Michigan, 1969—1976, interim minister Connecticut, New York, Vermont, 1986—1988, 1994—1998.
Interim site manager Ingraham House Retreat Center, Bristol, Connecticut, 1997—1998. Pastor United Churches of Christ, North Bennington, Vermont, 1988—1994. Secretary education programs United Church Board, Homeland Minister, New York City, 1981—1985.
Pastor 1st Congressional Church, Deer River United Community Church, Carthage, 1998—2002. Partner education New York Conference United Church of Christ, 1999—2002. Vice president, president Village Ecumenical Min, Carthage, New York, 1999—2002.
Resource person United Church of Christ New York Women, 1999—2002.
Member family life committee Bennington (Vermont) Public Schools. Board directors Adult Day Care Program, 1990—1993. Editor newsletter, vice president Adam Hawkes Family Association, Saugus, Massachusetts, since 2002.
Vice president Greater Hartford Council Churches, 1963—1966. Member, chair Task Force on the Homeless, Bennington, 1989—1994. Annuitant visitor UCC Pension Boards for Southern Vermont, 2004—2007.
Acting coordinator Educational Ministries, Center Congressional Church, 2006—2008. Member of American Association of University Women (scholarship committee since 2004, secretary since 2006), Alban Institute, Children's Defense Fund, Amnesty International, Southern Poverty Law Center, Common Cause, Habitat for Humanity, New Hampshire Peace Foundation, Kappa Delta Pi.