Pamela Laird

Background

Laird, Pamela was born on May 5, 1940 in Bristol, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Harry Rogers and Frances Barrett (Iredell) Gilson.

Education

Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1965.

Career

Book editor, seminar coordinator, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1964-1967; administration, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1970-1976; independent writer, United States Information Svc., Manila, 1968-1970; independent writer, Embassy Republican South Vietnam, Manila, 1968-1970; editor, Temple University School Medicine, Philadelphia, 1976-1977; management, Research Foundation State University of New York, Albany, 1979-1982; management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1982-1989; independent writer, editor. Associate editor, The Publick Enterprise, Annapolis, Maryland., 1989-1992.

Achievements

• Pamela Laird has been listed as a notable periodical editor, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founding member Shaker Ridge-Vly Road Neighborhood Association (secretary, statement writer, 1980-1986, historian, 1983-1986). Member National Association of Female Executives, Welcome Society Pennsylvania.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, travel, politics, studying Southeast Asia, antiques.

Connections

Married Donald Tracy Laird, September 2, 1967 (divorced December 1974).

Father:

Harry Rogers Gilson

Mother:

Frances Barrett (Iredell) Gilson

Spouse:

Donald Tracy Laird