Ouida Blackerby Kinzey

Background

Kinzey, Ouida Blackerby was born on February 6, 1922 in Leeds, Alabama, United States. Daughter of George W. and Kate (Spruiell) Blackerby

Education

AB, Birmingham Southern College, 1942. Master of Education, Birmingham Southern College, 1959. Advanced professional diploma, University Alabama, 1964.

Career

Teacher mathematics Phillips High School, Birmingham, Alabama, 1942—1944, Humes High School, Memphis., 1944—1945. Member mathematics department Woodlawn High School, Birmingham, 1945—1969, chairman math department, 1965—1969. Associate professor mathematics Birmingham Southern College, 1969—1984, professor emeritus, since 1984.

Director visiting professors program, 1971—1975. Member alumni leadership board, Gala advisory board. Visiting mathematics professor Samford University, 1989—1993.

Consultant, lecturer, speaker & workshop director throughout SouthEast region.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: (audio-visual text) Creative Teaching Mathematically, 1973, (video) The World of Mathematics, 1990, A Mathematical Adventure, 1991. Author: (photographer) (photographic essays) Back Roads of Alabama, Alabama's Covered Bridges, Coal Mining in Alabama, A Place to Worship, The Art of Awareness, Highlights of St. Clair County, A Tour of Blount County. One-woman shows include Birmingham Southern Coll, 1984, Samford University, 1985, Medical Center East, 1985, 1986, Baptist Medical Center, Princeton, 1991-1992, Art Gallery Birmingham Public Library., 1991, Mervyn Sterne Library, 1991, 1993-1995, Jefferson County Court House Gallery, 1992-1993, Vincent's Gallery, 1992, St. Vincents Hospital, 1992, 1992, Children's Hands On Museum, Tuscaloosa, Ala, 1992-1994, Alabama State Council on the Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, 1993, Gadsden Cultural Center, Gadsden, Alabama, 1994, Corporation Headquarters Atrium, Alabama Power Company, 1995, Vestavia Central, 1996-1997, Hoover Library., 1996, exhibitions include Marguerite Jones Harbert Building, Birmingham Southern College, Alabama.

Religion

The Covenant is the means of grace by which the relationship with God is accepted and then sustained. It is therefore not so much about getting in to a relationship with God as it is about staying in it.

Politics

Peace making is the creative and positive quest for the well-being of humankind and the planet on which people live.

Views

Just as a human body contains different limbs and organs that depend on each other, so members of a Christian society should be close and caring enough to feel each other's pain and delight.

Membership

Member of American Association of University Women, National League Arts & Letters, Patrons Art Council East, National League American Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Women, Alabama Poetry Society Alabama Writers' Conclave, Alabama Education Association, American Math Society (joint policy board mathematics public information resources committee member), Mathematics Association American, National Council Teachers of Mathematics, United Daughters Confederacy, Alabama Academy of Sciences, Alabama Association College Teachers of Mathematics, Speech Arts Club (president, vice president, secretary, treasurer), Alpha Lambda Delta., Delta Phi Alpha, Theta Sigma Lambda, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Kappa Delta Epsilon, Delta Kappa Gamma, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Beta Ka.

Interests

• Photography, antiques.

Connections

Married William Thomas Kinzey, February 6, 1943.