Background
Yacher, Nancy Terrell Steere was born on March 22, 1935 in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Horace Clifford and Mary Margaret (Newsom) Terrell.
Yacher, Nancy Terrell Steere was born on March 22, 1935 in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Horace Clifford and Mary Margaret (Newsom) Terrell.
Student Linfield College, 1953-1955. Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in English, Lewis and Clark College, 1957. Master of Arts in American Studies (Danforth fellow, scholar), University of Pennsylvania, 1960.
Postgraduate (Danforth Graduate Woman fellow), U. Kansas, 1972-1978.
Program assistant American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, 1957—1958, 1960—1961. Assistant instructor English department University Kansas, Lawrence, 1975—1978, lecturer, 1985—1990. Assistant professor English Washburn University, Topeka, 1980—1988, since 1993.
Board director Innovative Learning Systems, Inc., since 1993. President, since 1994.
Member regional selection committee Danforth Associates Program, 1972—1974. Board directors Gainesville Women Equal Civil Rights, Florida, 1962—1967, Trinity Foster Home, Lawrence, 1988—1992, Canterbury House, Kansas University, 1989—1992. Chairman Lawrence Community Nursery, 1968—1969.
Vice president Schwegler School Parent-Teachers Association, Lawrence, 1970—1971. Board directors Lawrence Environmental Improvement Association, 1970—1972, Danforth Associate, 1963—1975. Board director Lawrence Civic Choir, since 1993.
Secretary, vice president, president, 1995. Member of Ladies Literature League (board director since 1992, president 1995), Institute Theological Encounter Science & Technology, Associates Religion and Intellectual Life, International Platform Association, Society Values Higher Education, National Council Teachers English, Kansas University Women's Club (board director since 1995), Sigma Tau Delta.
Married Sherman L. Yacher, October 5, 1979. Children from previous marriage: John Tierney Steere, Robert Terrell Steere.