Background
Power, Mary Susan was born on July 5, 1935 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Younger L. and Cleo (Boock) Power.
Power, Mary Susan was born on July 5, 1935 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Younger L. and Cleo (Boock) Power.
Bachelor, Wells College, 1957; postgraduate, Exeter (England) University, 1955-1956; postgraduate, Yale University, 1958-1959; Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1961.
Assistant professor Susquehanna (Pennsylvania) University, 1961-1964. Associate professor University Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1965-1968. Associate professor political science Arkansas State University, State University, 1968-1979, professor, 1979—2000, professor emeritus, since 2000.
Member Federal Education Commission States, 1982—1984. Northeast chair Arkansans for Progress, 1990—1996. Alternate delegate Republican National Convention, 1972, 1976, 1988, delegate, 1992.
Member State committee Arkansas Republican Committee, 1968—1996, secretary, 1978—1980. Member Craighead County Election Commission, 1986—1988. Chairman Craighead County Grand Old Party, 1986—1988, vice chairman, 1990—1996, Northeast regional chairman, 1988—1996.
Chairman Craighead County Sheffield for Governor, 1990. Member executive committee Arkansas Republican Party, 1990—1996, Northeast regional chair, 1988—1996. Treasurer women's society Blessed Sacrament Church, Jonesboro, 1996—2000, chairman jubilee 2000.
Chair Silver Caths., since 2002. Board directors Beacons and Bridges, 2005. Member of American Association of University Professors (state secretary 1978-1980, president 1983-1990), Southern Political Science Association, American Political Science Association, Arkansas Political Science Association (board directors, vice president 1992-1993, president 1993-1994), Phi Kappa Phi 1991, Phi Gamma Mu (secretary-treasurer 1990—2000), Phi Sigma Alpha.
1 daughter, Catherine Laverne.