Nancy Carol Rittenhouse

Background

Rittenhouse, Nancy Carol was born on May 26, 1941 in Humeston, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Myrl Matthews and Opal L. (McCartney) Hixson.

Education

Student, St. Mary of the Plains College, 1984-1987; degree in elementary education, Fort Hays State College, 1989.

Career

Reading instructor, Sacred Heart School, Dodge City, Kansas, 1984; elementary teacher, Miller School, Dodge City, Kansas, 1985-1986; elementary teacher, Washington School, Hays, 1987; city-county recreation director, Sherman County, Goodland, 1988; elementary teacher, Northside School, Larned, 1989-1990; with, Great Bend (Kansas) Tribune.

Achievements

• Nancy Carol Rittenhouse has been listed as a noteworthy Elementary education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Menninger Foundation, Topeka, since 1984. Honorary member Boy Scouts American, 1978;camp instructor Special Olympics Blind Foundation, Junction City, Kansas, 1985-1990, Dodge City, 1984. Leader Girl Scouts United States of America, 1975-1977.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Trust for History Preservation, National Geography Society, Planetary Society, Smithsonian Association, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Interests

• Avocations: painting, drawing, walking, swimming, writing prose.

Connections

Married J. Kent Rittenhouse, December 18, 1960 (divorced March 1984). Children: Brenda L. Carroll, J. Aaron, Timothy K.

Father:

Myrl Matthews Hixson

Mother:

Opal L. (McCartney) Hixson

Spouse:

J. Kent Rittenhouse

child:

Brenda L. Carroll Rittenhouse

child:

J. Aaron Rittenhouse

child:

Timothy K. Rittenhouse