Background
Humphrey, Owen Everett was born on October 25, 1920 in Wautoma, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Marion A. and Flora A. (Helms) Humphrey.
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Owen Everett Humphrey
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, Whitewater, 1947. Master of Science, University Arkansas, 1949. Advanced certified, University Illinois, 1954.
Career
Elementary classroom teacher, Four Corners School, Plainfield, Wisconsin, 1941-1942;
junior high art and science teacher, Jefferson School, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 1947-1948;
elementary classroom teacher and principal, Holcomb, Missouri, 1949-1950;
elementary classroom teacher and principal, Lincoln School, Mattoon, Illinois, 1950-1955;
supervising principal, various elementary schools, Peotone, Illinois, 1955-1957;
elementary teacher, Nameoki School, Granite City, Illinois, 1957-1959;
elementary principal, Maryville School, Granite City, 1959-1967;
curriculum coordinator, School District #9, Granite City, 1967-1979;
administrative assistant, Regional Superintendent of Schools, Madison County, Illinois, 1979-1981, 85-87;
retired, 1987. Leader parent study groups Eastern Illinois U., Mattoon, 1950-1954. Parent-Teachers Association field unit organizer Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers, Mattoon, 1952-1954.
Coordinator local district planning School District #9, Granite City, 1973-1979. Representative Illinois State Curriculum Council, Springfield, 1980-1981.
Achievements
Membership
Director chorus Area Council Parent-Teachers Association, Mattoon, 1950-1954, Granite City Area Council Parent-Teachers Association, 1957-1959. Director Granite City Steel Mixed Chorus, 1958-1960. Actor Creative Arts Theatrical Society, since 1992.
Sergeant United States Army Infantry, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member National Education Association (life), Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (life), Illinois Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (life, board directors), International Poets Society (life), Creative Arts Theatrical Society (board governors), Miners Institute Foundation (board directors 2002-2003), Phi Delta Kappa (Gateway East chapter secretary, historian, vice president, president, Service Key award 1984, George H. Reavis Associate award 1991).
Interests
Connections
Married Billye A. Cox, April 6, 1946 (deceased December 1974). Children: Reba, Ivye.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1947
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1954