Background
Smyth, Mary Virginia McIntire was born on March 9, 1919 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Hugh and Natalie (Kocher) McIntire.
Smyth, Mary Virginia McIntire was born on March 9, 1919 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Hugh and Natalie (Kocher) McIntire.
Associate of Arts, William Woods College, 1938; Bachelor, U. Oklahoma, 1940; Master of Social Work, Smith College, 1947; postgraduate in public administration, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1968.
Child welfare, director day care program, Sunbeam Home, Oklahoma City, 1941-1944;
social worker and field director military and naval hospitals, American Red Cross (midwestern and southeastern areas), 1945-1954;
assistant director services to military and VA hospitals, American Red Cross, Atlanta, 1955-1957;
chief geriatric unit mental health division, Georgia Department Public Health, Atlanta, 1957-1959;
regional representative on aging region IV, Department Health, Edition and Welfare, Atlanta, 1960-1967;
regional commissioner social and rehabilitation service, Department Health, Edition and Welfare, Atlanta, 1967-1977;
regional administrator health care financing administration, Department Health and Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Atlanta, 1977-1981. United States representative to United Nations Conference on Social Superior vena cava syndrome Integration, Frankfut, Federal Republic Germany, 1976. Department Health, Edition and Welfare representative on Columbia University's Great Britain social services study, London, 1972.
Member Atlanta Federal Executive Board, 1968-1981. Charter member United States Senior Executive Svc.
Member of the board regents commission to establish U. Georgia School Social Work, 1964-1965. State senator Georgia Silver Haired Legislation, Atlanta, 1986-1988. Member task force on aging Atlanta Regional Commission, 1987-1990.
Active Long-Term CareCoalition, Atlanta, 1990. Co-founder and assistant director, volunteer Center for Positive Aging, since 1982. Member NASW (president Georgia chapter 1962, Leadership award 1970), Academy Certified Social Workers, American Public Welfare Association (member commission on aging 1965-1966), Georgia Gerontology Society (president 1961, Outstanding Svc. award 1967, John Tyler Mauldin award 1983), Georgia Gerontology Society (Founder's award 1995), Georgia Conference on Social Welfare (president 1961-1962, Outstanding Svc. award 1972, WXIA-Atlanta Comm.
Svc. award 1992).
Married James Marvin Smyth, December 6,1956.