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Grant, Michele Byrd was born on October 30, 1926 in Kansas City. Daughter of Ernest Louis and Violetta (Wallace) Byrd.
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Michele Byrd Grant
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Michele Byrd Grant, American secondary school educator. Named STARS Teacher, Solutia-National Science Foundation, 1999; recipient Missouri Outstanding award, National Biology Teachers Association, 1974, One of 50 Nationwide Unsung Heroes award, Newsweek, 1987, Excellence Leadership award, Lincoln University, 1987, Newsweek Magazine Unsung Hero Satte Missouri, 1987, Monsanto Science Teaching award, 2001.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Lincoln University, 1952. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1955.
Career
Teacher Unit 4, Champaign, Illinois, 1956—1966. Teacher science St. Louis Public Schools, since 1966, department head, since 1978. Program director Missouri Outstanding Biology Teachers, since 1974.
Instructor Webster College Upward Bound Program, 1969—1970. Judge Monsanto-St. Louis Post Dispatch Science Fair, since 1970. Developer, education director Adventures Medicine and Science, 1992.
Coordinator, co-developer Vashon Interdisciplinary Project Education Reform, 1999—2000.
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Membership
Member Catholic School Board, St. Louis, 1982—1983. Member life auxiliary Barnes Hospital, since 1968. Trustee Memorial and Planned Funeral Society, 1980.
Member of Missouri Academy of Sciences, Missouri Science Teachers Association, National Association Biology Teachers, National Association Biology Teachers, National Science Teachers Association, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Kappa Alpha.
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Roman Catholic
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Named STARS Teacher, Solutia-National Science Foundation, 1999. Recipient Missouri Outstanding award, National Biology Teachers Association, 1974, One of 50 Nationwide Unsung Heroes award, Newsweek, 1987, Excellence Leadership award, Lincoln University, 1987, Newsweek Magazine Unsung Hero Satte Missouri, 1987, Monsanto Science Teaching award, 2001.Named STARS Teacher, Solutia-National Science Foundation, 1999. Recipient Missouri Outstanding award, National Biology Teachers Association, 1974, One of 50 Nationwide Unsung Heroes award, Newsweek, 1987, Excellence Leadership award, Lincoln University, 1987, Newsweek Magazine Unsung Hero Satte Missouri, 1987, Monsanto Science Teaching award, 2001.