Background
Venable, Norma Jean was born on October 23, 1940. Daughter of Walter Elwood and Lois Josephine (Wagner) Kennedy.
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Scales, Skinks, Scutes & Newts by Venable, Norma Jean (2001) Paperback
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Dolly Sods
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Dolly Sods by Venable, Norma Jean (2001) Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01181SOMA/?tag=2022091-20
Scales, Skinks, Scutes & Newts
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0870126571/?tag=2022091-20
Guide to common birds of West Virginia (Series)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00073B2XY/?tag=2022091-20
Norma Jean Venable
Edit Profileeducator environmental specialist writer
Education
Student, Maryville College, 1961. Student, Ithaca College, 1962. Bachelor in Philosophy, University Toledo, 1964.
Career
Researcher West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1965-1967, 67-87, curriculum designer, lecturer natural resources, since 1987. Legislation intern West Virginia Legislature, Charleston, 1968, program specialist in environmental management, since 1994. Director Bird's Eye View Nature Programs.
Consultant Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1993, Carnegie Museum Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1984, 85, Canaan Valley Resorts, Davis, West Virginia, 1993, Silver (West Virginia) Creek Resort, 1992, 93. Consultant and field leader Back Roads Adventures, Morgantown, 1989-1992. Instructor elderhostel program West Virginia Natural and Cultural History, Jackson's Mill, W.V., 1992.
Organized workshops Audubon Society and West Virginia University, 1985-1991. Member, field surveyor Cornell Laboratory Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, since 1985.
Achievements
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Membership
Unit coordinator United Way, Morgantown, 1985. Volunteer Handicapped Riding Program, Morgantown, 1989, Monongahela History Society, Morgantown, since 1992. Member publicty committee, education chair, instructor United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Washington, since 1979.
Member Mountaineer Audubon Society (board directors, newsletter editor 1983-1987, education chair 1988-1992, publicity and programs 1993, scholarship 1983, grantee 1985), Nature Conservancy (life), American Birding Association, West Virginia Herb Association, Scenic Trails Association, Brooks Bird Club (field trip leader, presenter, bird atlas population surveyor since 1985).
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Married Wallace Starr Venable, November 23, 1962.
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Religion
Unitarian Universalist
Awards
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Recipient Certified of Appreciation Boy Scouts American, 1986, Excellence in Education award Preston County Schools, 1992. Grantee West Virginia University, 1979, 86, 91.Recipient Certified of Appreciation Boy Scouts American, 1986, Excellence in Education award Preston County Schools, 1992. Grantee West Virginia University, 1979, 86, 91.