Mary Ruth Dennis

Background

Dennis, Mary Ruth was born on July 16, 1907 in Bloomfield, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Claude Charles and Nora Jane (Townsend) Atwood.

Education

Student, Ottumwa Heights Junior College, Ottumwa, Iowa, 1928. Certified in library science, United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School, 1964.

Career

Library. assistant Ottumwa Public Library., 1929-1931. Agent Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Marshalltown, Iowa, 1943-1945. Continuity writer Station KFJB, 1953-1956.

Housemother Signa Alpha Epsilon, Iowa City, 1956-1957. Library assistant University Iowa, 1957-1959. Cataloging assistant United States Bureau Census, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland.

Reference library United States Weather Bureau Library., Washington, 1959-1964. Assistant library United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois, 1964-1966. Library Herbert Hoover Presidential Library., Branch, Iowa, 1966-1972.

Retired, 1972.

Works

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• book

  • The Homes of the Hoovers

    (President Hoovers homes with articles and photos.)

  • The Wit and Wisdom of Herbert Hoover: A Compilation of Many of His Quotations

    (Wit and wisdom of Herbert Hoover, the president.)

  • the Homes Of Hoovers

Membership

Board of directors Cedar County chapter American Cancer Society, Tipton, Iowa, since 1987. Past president West Branch Heritage. Vice president Friends Eniow Public Library., West Branch.

Member Herbert Hoover Presidential Library. Association, Questers (historian Red Cedar chapter, past president), Order Eastern Star (worthy matron, 1971, 81).

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, reading, bridge.

Connections

Married Donald A. Dennis, September 11, 1932 (divorced December 1955). Children: Larry, Mary Jo Bousek.

Father:

Claude Charles Atwood

Mother:

Nora Jane (Townsend) Atwood

Spouse:

Donald A. Dennis

child:

Larry Dennis

child:

Mary Jo Bousek Dennis