Background
Wenger, Niki Mason was born on June 9, 1940 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Virgil Linza and Lillian Fern (Marshall) Mason.
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Wenger, Niki Mason was born on June 9, 1940 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Virgil Linza and Lillian Fern (Marshall) Mason.
Bachelor in Psychology, University Miami, 1962. Master of Arts in Gifted Education, West Virginia College Graduate Studies, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities, West Virginia Institute of Technology, 1987.
Statistician, PIE Freight Company, Akron, Ohio., 1962-1963;
social worker, Akron Welfare Department, Akron, 1963-1964;
teacher gifted children, Calhoun County Schools, Grantsville, West Virginia, 1978-1982;
teacher gifted children, Wood County Schools, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1982-1985;
computer instructor, Parkersburg Community College, 1983-1985;
teacher basic adult education, Wood County Schools, Parkersburg, 1984-1985;
faculty, West Virginia Governor's Honors Academy, 1985, 88-89;
teacher-in-space finalist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, 1985-1987. Software evaluator Scholastic, Inc., 1984-1985. Coordinator West Virginia Gifted Child program Mensa, 1982-1987.
Visiting lecturer, director center for excellence in math and science education W. Virginia Institute Technology, 1988-1989' director space education program Wheeling (West Virginia) Jesuit College, 1989-1990.
Co-founder Northwest Youth Sports Association, Canal Fulton, Ohio, 1976-1977. Member career advisory network Young Women’s Christian Association, Parkersburg, 1983-1985. Co-host Easter Seals Telethon, 1988, 89.
Member executive board, treasurer West Virginia Gifted Education Association. Vice president Mid-Ohio Valley Aviation Association, 1993. West Virginia coordinator Russia-West Virginia Intercultural Programs, 1990-1993.
Member Mensa (proctor 1982-1987), Teacher-in-Space Education Foundation (treasurer 1985-1987), Intertel, Civil Air Patrol (honorary chairman 1986), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Ninety Nine's, Phi Delta Kappa (Kermit Cook Address award 1987).
Married Philip Morgan Wenger, September 1, 1962. Children: Mason, Mitchell, Damon.