Maurice Gray Eldridge

Background

Eldridge, Maurice Gray was born on February 17, 1940 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Schuyler Thomas and Thelma (Gray) Eldridge.

Education

Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1962; Master of Education, U. Massachusetts, 1976.

Career

Teacher English and creative writing, Pennsbury H.S., Fallsington, Pennsylvania, 1962-1965; teacher English and United States history, Windsor Mountain School, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1965-1967; assistant headmaster, Windsor Mountain School, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1967-1975; educational specialist, Massachusetts Department Education, Pittsfield, 1976-1979; principal/director, Duke Ellington School Arts, Washington, 1979-1989; associate director, then director development, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1989-1993; associate vice president, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1993-1998; executive assistant to president, vice president College and Cmty. Rels., Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, since 1998. Indiana arts consultant, Washington and Swarthmore, since 1987.

Achievements

• Maurice Gray Eldridge has been listed as a noteworthy Academic administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-chairperson Chester-Swarthmore College Cmty. Coalition, since 1992. Member school board Suburban Music School, Media, Pennsylvania, 1989-1995.

Co-founder International Network Schools of Arts, Washington, president, 1982, 87-89. Member National Society Fundraising Executives (board directors Greater Philadelphia chapter 1992-1994), Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, gardening, tropical fish, music.

Connections

Married Susannah Stone, August 25, 1962 (divorced December 1968). Married Joan Alice Tibbs, June 21, 1969. Children: Maria Teresa, Jonathan Kenneth.

Father:

Schuyler Thomas Eldridge

Mother:

Thelma (Gray) Eldridge

Spouse:

Joan Alice Tibbs

Spouse:

Susannah Stone

child:

Jonathan Kenneth Eldridge

child:

Maria Teresa Eldridge